PHOTOS: Georgia prepares for protest at state Capitol

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PHOTOS: Georgia prepares for protest at state Capitol

Georgia State Patrol officers and Georgia Army National Guard soldiers are seen at the Washington Street entrance of the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Metal barricades surround the perimeter of the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021 in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Metal barricades and Georgia State Patrol cars are seen at the Washington Street entrance of the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia Army National Guard vehicles and a Georgia State Patrol car are seen stationed at the Piedmont Avenue entrance of the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia Army National Guard vehicles are seen stationed at the Piedmont Avenue entrance of the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A Georgia Army National Guard soldier is on patrol at the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia Army National Guard soldiers and Georgia State Patrol officers patrol the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia Army National Guard vehicles and barricades are seen at the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive entrance of the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia Army National Guard soldiers patrol at the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Members of the Georgia Army National Guard patrol in front of the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

City of Atlanta worker Marquez Pitts moves barriers into place in front of Atlanta City Hall on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Security precautions were also being taken at the state Capitol. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Workers from the Georgia Department of Transportation and City of Atlanta work to unload barriers that will be placed in front of City Hall on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Security precautions were also taken at the state Capitol. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Lt. Darrell Dixon of the Atlanta Police Department moves barriers into place in front of Atlanta City Hall Saturday, January 16, 2021. Security precautions were also being taken at the state Capitol on Saturday. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Georgia State Patrol officers and Georgia Army National Guard soldiers are seen at the Washington Street entrance of the state Capitol on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (Photo: Daniel Varnado for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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