WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court police surrounded their building with a set of 9-foot metal barricades sometime late in the evening or early morning on May 5.
Shortly after noon, the Supreme Court police were still busy zip-tying placards to the barricades. Two officers had to walk behind a small crowd of shouting pro-abortion demonstrators.
“Area Closed by order of the Supreme Court Marshall,” the placards read.
A day ago, the court was separated from the public by waist-high movable fences small and light enough to jump over or knockdown. The new fence is large, heavy, and durable.
Although the Supreme Court’s police did not provide comment, several Washington police officers said the barricades were likely to prevent violence from reaching the Supreme Court.
The barricades were up “Just in case,” said officer Adams.
Adams said that so far, the protests haven’t been that bad. Although one pro-abortion protestor hit a pro-life protester last night, there hasn’t been any extreme violence in Washington.
“We had that one agitator, but that’s pretty normal,” he said.
