Ring of Steel Installed Around White House As Police Brace for Violence

Videos and photos posted on social media also show that some businesses in the nation's capital have been boarded up ahead of Election Day.

Authorities have erected new security fencing around the White House and other buildings in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as the nation's capital braces for possible unrest on and after Election Day.The Secret Service put up eight-foot metal fences around the White House, U.S. Capitol, Treasury Department complex and Vice President Kamala Harris' residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory, The Washington Post reported.

The measures come nearly four years after former President Donald Trump's refusal to accept the 2020 election results led a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in a violent bid to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's victory.D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said last week that the department had not identified any credible threats of violence and there was 'no need for any alarm.

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