Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally

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Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally
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Hundreds of police officers will be on duty around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday braced for a rally by supporters of the hundreds of people who breached the building on Jan. 6 trying to overturn former President Donald Trump's election defeat.

A U.S. Capitol police officer walks through the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021.Hundreds of police officers will be on duty around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday braced for a rally by supporters of the hundreds of people who breached the building on Jan. 6 trying to overturn former President Donald Trump's election defeat.

Organizers of the"Justice for J6" rally said they expected a peaceful event, but U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger told reporters on Friday"there have been some threats of violence" linked to the event, where police would work to avoid clashes between Trump supporters and opponents. Rioters that day battled police, beating them with sticks and metal barricades, smashed their way through windows into the Capitol building and ran through the halls, sending lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence running for safety.

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