The storming of the Capitol shocked the United States.
The excess of violence was already indicated earlier in radical online forums.
Thousands of National Guards are already in Washington.
On January 6, a violent mob, right-wing extremists, Trump supporters and QAnon believers
stormed and devastated
the
Capitol
.
The
handover to Joe Biden *
takes place
on January 20th
.
The fear of excesses of violence is growing - thousands of
national
guards
are already there.
A radicalization took place in social forums even before the storming of the Capitol
(see first report on January 11)
.
Now there should be an internal warning from the Federal Police FBI of further violence
(see update from January 12, 12.47 p.m.)
.
Update from January 15, 11.12 a.m.:
More than 20,000
National
Guards
are said to be
in Washington
for
Joe Biden's inauguration
.
Armed - that was not originally intended.
This is reported by the news portal
The Hill
, among others
.
The number of soldiers is therefore four times as high as that of the troops stationed in
Afghanistan and Iraq
combined.
Preparations for January 20th continue.
The fear of another excess of violence is great.
But between all the horror messages and worries about the introduction of Biden as the 46th US President, there are also positive reports for Trump's successor.
The poet
Amanda Gorman
is scheduled to perform at the event.
In her works, the black poet addresses racism, feminism and the African diaspora.
As the
Washington Post
writes,
Jill Biden
, the upcoming first lady, recommended Gorman herself.
The poem Gorman will recite at the inauguration is entitled "The Hill We Climb".
The 22-year-old has not yet announced more information about the content.
So honored to be the Inaugural Poet reciting at #InaugurationDay!
Not only am I excited to see @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris sworn in, but I also have the privilege of being the youngest Inaugural Poet in history.
See you soon!
https://t.co/b58CiVxMCD
- Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) January 14, 2021
Inauguration of Joe Biden: Concern for security after storming the Capitol - Trump makes his first call
Update from January 13, 10:23 p.m.:
In the USA, there are fears of
further riots
around the
inauguration of Joe Biden
.
The Capitol in particular is now being expanded into a fortress.
Photos of members of the National Guard in the US Capitol have illustrated the massive security measures taken after the storming of Congress.
Dozens of them lie on the floor in the halls and corridors of the Capitol and in the directly connected visitor center, resting.
Update from January 13, 8:03 p.m.:
Still-US President Donald Trump has held back with statements in the last few days.
But now he spoke up in a message sent by the White House.
"In view of the reports of further demonstrations, I demand that there must be no violence, no violations of the law and no vandalism of any kind,"
the letter said on Wednesday.
“That's not what I stand for, and that's not what America stands for.
I urge all Americans to relieve tension and calm down, ”Trump is quoted further.
The notice was sent hours before an impeachment vote in the House of Representatives.
Update from January 13, 6:29 p.m.:
After the terrifying scenes in and around the
Capitol
in
Washington
, concerns about further
riots during the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20 are
increasing in the USA
.
Now the
FBI
apparently issued a warning
.
An internal paper said that around the inauguration, armed and violent protests could occur in all state capitals.
This is reported by several US media.
As the broadcaster ABC reports, the letter also states that a group of armed men want to travel to Washington on Saturday.
Storming the Capitol: FBI warning triggers calls for the National Guard in Washington DC
Democratic MP Conor Lamb also told CNN that
"4,000 armed 'patriots'
want to surround
the Capitol and lock out all Democrats
."
According to this, they are said to have already
laid down
"
rules of
engagement"
as to when shooting should begin.
Several governors had called in the National Guard after the FBI warning to protect the government seats.
Update of 13 January, 18 h:
The online service
Airbnb
has for the entire
week
of the
inauguration
of
Joe Biden bookings
in and around
Washington
via its portal
exposed
.
Already booked beds will be canceled - further bookings will be blocked, the company announced on Wednesday.
Airbnb is responding to a request from local authorities who asked people to stay away from the January 20th inauguration after the Capitol storming a week ago.
Given the possibility of renewed protests by Trump supporters, residents in the city had urged people not to rent out their Airbnb apartments during Biden's swearing-in ceremony.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser also called on people to stay home.
"We are asking Americans not to come to Washington for the 59th inauguration of the president on January 20 and instead participate virtually," she said.
National Guards in Washington: Threats from violent Trump supporters after storming the Capitol
Update from January 13th, 12:56 p.m.:
One week before the inauguration of the future US President
Joe Biden
, the
National
Guards
stationed in the US capital Washington
started carrying weapons.
A photographer from the AFP news agency saw National Guardsmen with machine guns near the Capitol on Tuesday (local time), which
had been forcibly stormed
last Wednesday by supporters of the elected President
Donald Trump
.
Originally, the National Guard was only supposed to provide logistical support to the Washington police;
their arming was not initially planned.
With a view to threats from
violent Trump supporters
(see initial report)
to disrupt the swearing-in of Biden or even in advance, the Pentagon had decided to deploy 15,000 National Guards in Washington.
Several thousand of them are already in use.
US General Daniel Hokanson, who heads the National Guard's office at the Pentagon, announced on Monday that the
National Guard
had not been authorized to carry weapons.
The arming of the national guards and their authorization to carry out arrests are the "last resort" in the event that the security situation gets out of hand.
According to the
New York Times
, the Department of Defense then ordered the National Guards to be armed on Tuesday.
What had changed in the assessment in the
Pentagon
was initially unclear.
Violence at Biden's inauguration?
Avoid crowds
Update from January 12, 6:16 p.m.:
Almost a week after the
storm on the Capitol
in
Washington,
the Foreign Office
continues to
warn Germans in the
US
against
violent protests
- and now
across the
country.
The security situation could
change quickly at any time
, especially until the new
US President Joe Biden is
sworn in
on
January 20,
according to the travel advice on the Internet that was updated on Tuesday.
"We have to reckon with violent protests and unrest in Washington DC and nationwide, especially in the metropolises and capitals of the 50 states."
Now the ministry is recommending avoiding the administrative districts in the 50 state capitals as well.
In addition, one should generally stay away from crowds of people "in whose surroundings there could possibly be violence".
The current situation development should be followed in the local media.
After storming the Capitol: fear of violence during Biden inauguration - explosive FBI note leaked
Update from January 12, 12.47 p.m
.: The
inauguration of
a new
US president
is always an event with the greatest security
contingent
- but this year, despite the lack of a mass audience due to Corona, it is very special.
Traditionally, the ceremony takes place on the west terrace of the
Capitol
* in Washington.
The building that was stormed by a violent mob a few days ago.
Now
the
FBI
is said to have issued an
internal warning
to the security forces, according to which there
could be
armed and violent protests
around
Joe Biden's
inauguration in the capitals of all states
.
This is reported by several US media.
An armed group wanted to travel to Washington on Saturday, according to a report on broadcaster
ABC
in the FBI note:
An internal FBI note obtained by @ABC News shows warnings of "a huge uprising."
https://t.co/a9s5e8VDoe
- ABC News (@ABC) January 11, 2021
Violence Biden Inauguration?
Lockdown of downtown Washington
A
few days ago,
also warned that concrete plans for further armed protests were already being disseminated on its platform and elsewhere.
Among other things, there is talk of
another attack
on the Capitol and parliament buildings in states on January 17th.
Incumbent
Donald Trump
issued an immediate
declaration of emergency
for Washington
on Monday, with a view to Biden's swearing-in, valid until January 24
- a formal act so that the US capital
can request
help from federal authorities
.
Washington Mayor
Muriel Bowser
had done that.
In response to this, the Department of Homeland Security announced on the same day that the
Secret Service
would
begin
a large-scale operation this Wednesday, with partial
closure of downtown Washington
.
Originally this was not planned until January 19th.
The Secret Service is in charge of the security measures at the inauguration.
The National Guard plans to gather up to
15,000 soldiers
in the capital Washington
to support the local security
forces.
+
Three US National Guard soldiers in front of a cordon around the Capitol in Washington.
© Daniel SLIM / AFP
After storming the Capitol: Great concern about violence at Biden's inauguration - "Never forget the world ..."
Our initial report of 11 January
: Washington, DC - As one of the "darkest day" in the history of the
United States
designated the designated
US President Joe Biden
, the
storming of the Capitol
- and made, among others,
Donald Trump
responsible.
For weeks, the current president had rumbled and tweeted his baseless allegations of election manipulation to the world.
Until a right-wing mob of Trump loyalists, right-wing extremists and QAnon supporters
stormed
the heart of
US democracy
on Wednesday
.
With the belief in an election fraud as a fire accelerator in the ears.
"We will act urgently to protect our constitution and our democracy, as this president poses an imminent threat to both," wrote
Nancy Pelosi
, Democratic spokeswoman for the House of Representatives, in a published letter to her party colleagues.
The Democrat was one of the targets of the
Trump loyalists
, as it has now become known.
One man has since been arrested for threatening to shoot Pelosi.
What they want now: The removal of the US President and that as soon as possible.
The fear of US democracy currently includes another concern that is becoming more pressing every day: What will happen on January 20th, the day when Joe Biden is handed over to office?
Even if Donald Trump has not yet participated - and rumors of a trip to Scotland * circumvent - there is great concern about further excesses of violence.
This photo breaks my heart.
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., Comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., While taking cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote.
(Photo By Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call via AP Images) pic.twitter.com/meMacsalq0
- Haley Britzky (@halbritz) January 6, 2021
Handover to Joe Biden: There is great concern about further excess violence - QAnon conspiracy cult
"If
Trump
doesn't attend the inauguration, the inauguration is a goal," tweeted American actor
Ethan Embry
.
Many voices are currently joining him - and even calling for the ceremony to be broadcast from a bunker.
Or just get it over with quickly and begin rebuilding the broken nation.
The attack on the Capitol was poisoned by the increasingly popular
conspiracy cult QAnon
.
Marc-André Argentino, a Concordia University researcher who has been following the development of QAnon for years, writes: “QAnon will likely continue to come together with other right-wing extremists to achieve their insurgency goals.
This could lead to a continuation of the
QAnon-
inspired violence as the ideology of the movement continues to grow in American culture. "
US President Joe Biden: Excess violence when storming the Capitol was partially announced online
Even before the
Capitol stormed
, Trump supporters, right-wing extremists and QAnon disciples had come together online.
The violence, which spread like a gravitational wave in
Washington
on Wednesday
, has been announced in online forums for weeks.
As journalist Elaine Godfrey
puts it
in
The Atlantic
magazine
: "Before the protest, pro-Trump radicals had reported online about their intentions
to kill
Vice President Mike Pence *
."
Donald Trump's
request that the
US election be held in 2020 *
Still influencing it in his favor made the conservative Republican a target of the Trump movement.
On the right-wing extremist platform
Parler
, which is
gaining momentum
after numerous accounts have been blocked by
and other large social networks, a QANon supporter wrote about the impending
handover to Joe Biden *
: “Many of us will return with our weapons on January 19, 2021 to support our nation's determination that the world will never forget !!!
We will come in numbers that no standing army or police department can compete with.
“This is reported by NBC News, among others.
January 20, 2021: Right-wing extremist platform Parler - QAnon supporters calls for violence against Joe Biden
Said app Parler, Telegram and the website TheDonald.win have already been used to plan the act of violence on January 6th at the Capitol.
On TheDonald.win, a person from "Round 2" writes about January 20th.
“It's not even about Trump staying in office, I want war.” The language, it is martial and aimed at destruction.
Law enforcement in the US is currently busy tracking down the attackers on the Capitol.
A two-meter fence was built around the Capitol.
And the National Guard will stay in Washington for the time being.
The
scientist Megan Squire
, explores the online extremism, posted recently that a telegram channel of the
far-right grouping Proud Boys
within only 24 hours to 6000 participants: had risen inside - including 250 people were in an audio conference.
Such observations are frightening and alarming.
The scientist told NBC: “On January 6th, her energy was focused on Congress.
On the 20th, her energy will be
focused
on
Biden
.
This is particularly worrying as they are not repentant or ashamed.
It's not looking good at the moment.
"
Right-wing mob stormed the Capitol: radicalization had already taken place weeks beforehand in online forums
While most of the United States has been deeply affected by the events of January 6, various groups seem incited by it, even electrifying.
In certain relevant forums, the storming of the Capitol is described as a victory, as reported by several US media.
"The supporters of President
Donald Trump *
, who fought in the US Capitol on Wednesday, had planned openly for weeks, both on mainstream social media and on the pro-Trump Internet," reports
BuzzFeed News
.
The likelihood that someone dies on stream tomorrow and that it's Baked Alaska or that he's filming it or that he's simply in proximity to it feels strong https://t.co/6yWXyAOxH5
- 🌲 Tedward B Wang🌲 (@TedwardWang) January 6, 2021
The following video was made the night before the events surrounding the Capitol.
In it, an obvious Trump supporter says: "We have to be in the Capitol." A few hours later, exactly that became reality.
A high fence now surrounds the Supreme Court's entire perimeter.
pic.twitter.com/006cvqbMEP
- Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) January 10, 2021
Meanwhile, the
US military
has already announced that it will
be sending
thousands of
National Guard troops
for the
inauguration of Joe Biden
.
"The Capitol Police will and really should provide a brief overview of what went wrong and what they must do to ensure that something like this cannot happen again," said
Axios
, Chairman of the Congress Committee on Opening Ceremonies, Senator Roy Blunt.
Washington itself is in a state of emergency until January 21st.
The eyes are on January 20th.
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