Thread by @BryanAlexander

DC mayor:
-curfew is on
-DC police are establishing a perimeter
-Virginia + Maryland police deploying "to regain control of the US Capitol"

#USCapitol

DC mayor:
-New Jersey, Baltimore police helping out

#USCapitol

Chief of DC police:
-recounts afternoon's events
-protestors were violent towards cops
-"a riot was declared"
-one civilian shot; MPD to investigate
-everyone: get off the streets

#USCapitol

Chief of DC police:
-will arrest curfew violators
-today's events were unlawful, riotous behavior

#USCapitol

Sec of Army?
-mobilized n thousand Nat Guard

#USCapitol

Just heard the DC mayor + US Army Sec (?) address "confusion" over Nat Guard call. Apparently had to go up from police on the ground through Sec Defense.

#USCapitol