Rally for Jan. 6 Rioters Prompts Capitol Security Concern

  • Law enforcement planning beefed up security for Sept. 18 event
  • Rally organizer calls those arrested ‘political prisoners’
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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A planned rally next month on the U.S. Capitol grounds that organizers say is intended to peacefully demand “justice” for hundreds of “political prisoners” charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection is raising law enforcement alarm and plans for beefed-up security measures.

Among measures being considered for the rally planned for Sept. 18 is re-installing some of the recently dismantled fencing around parts of the Capitol grounds, though no decision on that has been made, according to a person familiar with the planning.