Feds Erect Anti-Riot Fencing Around DC Landmarks

The Washington Post reports:

Rings of new security fencing enveloped the White House, U.S. Capitol and Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence on Sunday as federal and District authorities braced for potential unrest in Washington following Tuesday’s presidential election. For weeks, D.C. officials have sent messages of reassurance to residents and businesses still scarred by damage incurred during some 2020 racial justice and post-election protests.

Still, signs of caution proliferated this weekend, as the Secret Service erected new, eight-foot-high metal fences around the White House and Treasury Department complex, and adjacent parts of Lafayette Square, as well as outside the Naval Observatory grounds and Harris’s residence. The Capitol reintroduced temporary bicycle-rack barriers posted with signs stating, “Police Line: Do not cross,” surrounding its perimeter.

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Riot fences going up at residence of the VP.
This was not normal before Jan 6 2021.
Clear signal of concern about violence https://t.co/oaK7n8TDOs

— Jayne Miller (@jemillerbalt) November 4, 2024