PHOENIX, Ariz.—A steel fence and barbed wire will remain at Arizona’s Capitol complex until officials decide it’s safe to remove them in the aftermath of an angry mob nearly breaching the state Senate building on June 24.
Law enforcement fired tear gas into the crowd of pro-abortion protesters who damaged the Senate building’s front entrance and wrote graffiti on historical monuments at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza.
State senators convened in the night session had to be evacuated under heavily armed guard.
A portion of 17th Avenue in front of Arizona’s state capitol complex in Phoenix was closed following a June 24 protest that damaged state property. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)
On June 25, Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials erected a security barrier surrounding the complex and blocked off a portion of 17th Avenue….