Public emergency order in D.C. extended for 15 days after protests turned violent

 

WASHINGTON — Washington D.C. Mayor extended a public emergency order after first amendment protests at the nation’s Capitol turned violent on Wednesday, Jan. 6.

Mayor Muriel Bowser extended the order for 15 days, through the end of President Donald Trump’s time in office.

“President Trump continues to fan rage and violence by contending that the Presidential election was invalid,” according to a statement from Mayor Bowser’s office.

Mobs broke through police barricades and rampaged through the Capitol, vandalizing offices and prompting the evacuation of lawmakers just after 2 p.m. on Wednesday. By dusk, the building was still not secured and a woman had been shot and killed, CNN reported.