DC rally ends without violence as police outnumber protesters

Sparse attendance at rally in support of US Capitol rioters

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A few hundred protesters turned up on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in Washington to rally in support of the pro-Trump rioters who ransacked the US Capitol on January 6 but they were outnumbered by a robust security presence and journalists. Police who were caught on the back foot by the deadly riot on Capitol Hill took no chances this time: they used a security fence around the Capitol complex, police in riot gear and rows of ar…

How Many People Showed Up To Justice For J6 Rally? Capitol Sees Low Number Of Rallygoers

The "Justice for 6" rally drew a lower-than-expected number of demonstrators Saturday outside the fenced-off Capitol. An estimated 1,000 demonstrators were expected for the event. But the event drew about 400 people, a low number given the media attention generated in the days leading up to Saturday.  The Associated Press noted that media and U.S. Capitol Police and Washington, D.C.'s police department "vastly outnumbered the demonstrators in at…

Rally for Capitol Rioters Draws Meager Crowd

A highly anticipated rally on behalf of the more than 600 people charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot drew a modest crowd of a couple hundred demonstrators Saturday, with media and security personnel far outnumbering those seeking to air grievances on behalf of defendants they call “political p

Politics Chat: Police Out-Numbered Demonstrators At 'Justice For J6' Rally

Attendance at the "Justice for J6" rally in Washington was dwarfed by police presence around a secured Capitol building.

Amid high security, small pro-Trump crowd rallies at U.S. Capitol

about 200 protesters showed up, this was fewer than the 700 people organizers had expected and thousands who brought mayhem to the Capitol on Jan 6

DC rally ends without violence as police outnumber protesters

Police bore down in large numbers on the Capitol over concerns a rally in support of jailed rioters from the Jan. 6 insurrection would turn violent. It didn't.