The Washington Post reports that security for the “America Supports You” Freedom Walk will be unusually tight for an event that’s occurring on a two-mile-long route on public property:
The march, sponsored by the Department of Defense, will wend its way from the Pentagon to the Mall along a route that has not been specified but will be lined with four-foot-high snow fencing to keep it closed and “sterile,” said Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense.
The U.S. Park Police will have its entire Washington force of several hundred on duty and along the route, on foot, horseback and motorcycles and monitoring from above by helicopter. Officers are prepared to arrest anyone who joins the march or concert without a credential and refuses to leave, said Park Police Chief Dwight E. Pettiford.
Hooray for freedom!
Also, even though several media organizations are sponsoring the walk, coverage will be restricted:
One restricted group will be the media, whose members will not be allowed to walk along the march route. Reporters and cameras are restricted to three enclosed areas along the route but are not permitted to walk alongside participants walking from the Pentagon, across the Memorial Bridge to the Mall.
Looking at the sponsor list, it seems the Washington Times wasn’t deemed worthy after all, as fishbowlDC observes.
