For inauguration, good luck, anarchists

From NBC’s Joel Seidman There won't be any anarchist protests come Inauguration Day, according to D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, but Washington residents will start seeing added police presence for inaugural events starting Jan. 16, when the Metropolitan Police Department will go to 12-hour shifts. "No anarchist protest groups are planning on showing up" at inauguration events, Lanier said at a briefing on inaugural security for several hundred Washington businesses that. For the past two presidential inaugurations, protesters kept Washington police busy with demonstrations that breached designated protest areas. Lanier added that more than 10,000 National Guard members will be assisting with security in the region, some 7,000 Guard troops will be deployed in the District itself. ...( read more ) (link)