A crowd of about 150 protesters, outnumbered by a couple hundred press covering, made their way to Union Square near the Capitol Building on Saturday for a ‘Justice for J6’ rally. The event, hosted by organization Look Ahead America, is the third installment in a series of rallies supporting January 6th arrestees that have taken place in the nation’s capital over the last few months.<br /><br />Drawing intense media coverage due to the rally’s location near the Capitol, press outnumbered participants at the event. A massive police response, complete with officers in riot gear and a large steel fence surrounding the Capitol (and the Supreme Court, which is located on the opposite side of the Capitol, a half mile away from where the rally was held) was seen throughout the day.<br /><br />Speakers included family members of arrestees, activists, and a few congressional candidates. Each took the podium for a few minutes in front of a slew of cameras. The event lasted just over an hour in the hot DC sun, with a few short confrontations between lone counter-protesters and attendees, and a couple individuals detained by police. The event went mostly uninterrupted, with no violent confrontations or incidents to be reported from the afternoon.
