Virginia Governor Ralph Northam issued a state of emergency as well as set a 6 p.m. ET curfew for the Arlington and Alexandria areas neighboring Washington, DC. Northam wrote about this on his Twitter page.
"At the request of the administrations of Alexandria and Arlington, I am declaring a curfew from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am in these jurisdictions, with limited exceptions. I am also issuing a State of Emergency in Virginia, so we can continue to respond," the governor wrote.
At the request of
@AlexandriaVAGov
and @ArlingtonVA,
I am declaring a 6PM to 6AM curfew in these jurisdictions, with limited
exceptions.
I am also issuing a State of Emergency
in Virginia, so we can continue to respond.
These cities border Washington, D.C., where protests by supporters of President Donald Trump took place on January 6.
Also, a woman was shot in the Capitol on Wednesday after hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the building and faced off with law enforcement