unadulterated power without authority,” Erich Pratt, senior vice president of Gun Owners of America, thundered in Capitol Square. Police said about 6,000 people passed through the checkpoint into Capitol Square. A pink smoke bomb went off near the entrance to Capitol Square, but police were unable to find out who detonated it. In a rare clash, a man who said he was a shooting survivor confronted a teen carrying an oversize long gun. Those inside the “pen” that police had set up on Capitol Square were not so lucky.

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2020 19:24 UTC