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By Drew Lawson
The Times 

Local law enforcement reacts to Capitol riot

 

Last updated 1/14/2021 at 4:17pm



DAVENPORT—A country glued to the news sat in stunned silence on Jan. 6, as a pro-President Donald Trump far-right extremist mob rushed the Capitol building as Congress and Vice President Mike Pence convened to read the results the electoral vote of Dec. 14 that certified the 2020 general election results confirming Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as president-elect and vice president-elect.

Rioters broke into the Senate rotunda, with one man famously dressed like a buffalo sitting in Pence’s seat. (The vice president and Senate and Congress members had evacuated the premises). Ot...



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