{"id":110105,"date":"2021-01-31T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T20:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=110105"},"modified":"2021-01-31T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T20:56:27","slug":"there-will-be-no-mirth-or-merriment-in-the-police-state-that-is-the-us-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=110105","title":{"rendered":"There will be no mirth or merriment in the police state that is the US Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With thousands of National Guard troops and thousands of police officers in the Washington D.C. area, you’d\u00a0think\u00a0<\/em>that it would be the safest place in the country to take your kids sledding. As D.C. prepares for a major snow storm this week, D.C.’s lone delegate to the House of Representatives Eleanor Holmes (D-DC) has been denied her routine request to allow the capitol’s hill to be used for the joy of the citizens of the district.<\/p>\n

She released this statement<\/a> yesterday;<\/p>\n

Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement calling on the U.S. Capitol Police to allow sledding at the Capitol tomorrow and next week in anticipation of a snowstorm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe west side of the Capitol is well known as perhaps the best place for sledding in D.C.\u2019s high-density urban environment. Annually, I get a provision included in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill directing the Capitol Police to allow sledding on Capitol grounds. While the Capitol complex has been closed since the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, sledding can be done safely by allowing only children and adults accompanied by children with sleds or other sled-like devices to use the Capitol grounds for sledding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis could be the only snowstorm D.C. gets this winter, and may be one of the best for sledding in years. Children and their parents should be able to enjoy sledding on one of the best hills in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren across America have endured an extremely challenging year, and D.C. children in particular have not only endured the coronavirus pandemic but now the militarization of their city, with the hostile symbols of fences and barbed wire. Sledding is a simple, childhood thrill. It is the least we can allow for our resilient children this winter season.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The response<\/a> from the Capitol Police on the matter is;<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, due to the current security posture, COVID-19 restrictions, and the deconstruction of the Inaugural platform, we cannot permit sledding on the Capitol Complex at this time,\u201d Eva Malecki, the communications director for the police department, said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You are not permitted to have fun on government property, comrade child. Do you not believe in safety? The government will advise you when you are allowed to have fun.<\/p>\n

Our friend Angry Cops has some reporting on the ground of how dire the security situation is at the capitol.<\/p>\n