For Foreign Policy, I wrote and photographed a dispatch from Washington, D.C., about the aggressive and lingering security measures in the immediate aftermath of the attempted insurrection of the U.S. Capitol. I also spoke with locals and foreign service professionals about what the incident has done to Washington's outward image.
For people who have lived in Washington all their lives, like Dan Freeman, who grew up blocks from the White House and was a former parliamentarian for two House committees, the images of rioters storming the halls of the Capitol and denying the results of the 2020 presidential election were alarming. “I was moved to tears when I witnessed what was going on at the Capitol on the 6th,” he said, denouncing what he called the defilement of the seat of U.S. democracy.
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