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NYPD Officers, State National Guard Bound for D.C. to Protect Swearing-In

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 1/15/21

A presidential inauguration already certain to be much more muted than usual because of the pandemic now has an added air of menace.

The rapid and violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol Building Jan. 6 by way of the same West Front terrace where Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is expected to take the oath of office as the nation’s 46th President and Commander in Chief Wednesday has resulted in a doubling-down on security in the nation’s capital. 

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