Department of Public Safety Capt. Damon Cecil addresses the media in 2016 after one man was arrested at the Arizona House of Representatives as protestors stand behind him and dispute his account of events./Photo by Rachel Leingang, Arizona Capitol Times
By Arizona Republic
Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump gathered Wednesday at the Arizona Capitol to protest election results showing Democratic candidate Joe Biden won the presidential election.
The protest was expected to continue throughout the day as Congress was certifying the election results. The crowd numbered about 300 by 2 p.m. but had reached about 1000 people, according to DPS. As of 3 p.m. there have yet to be any arrests or citations.
As rioters in Washington, D.C., breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said it had enhanced security procedures at the state Capitol, department spokesperson Bart Graves told The Arizona Republic.
Graves said the decision to enhance the department’s security procedures was not made because of “any one specific event” but rather “to ensure the safety of the public.”
