extensive amount of concerning online chatter, ” including calls for armed protests.Governors across the country are sending thousands of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., where the National Mall has been closed to the general public as part of an intense security effort.
More than a dozen governors also have called out the Guard to protect their own state capitols and aid local law enforcement officers."We are prepared for the worst, but we remain hopeful that those who choose to demonstrate at our Capitol do so peacefully, without violence or destruction of property,” Michigan State Police Col.