It’s not on display at the Capitol, as is required by law. For months, they’ve mounted poster board-style replicas of the Jan. 6 plaque outside their office doors, resulting in a Capitol complex awash with makeshift remembrances. “Their heroism will never be forgotten.”AdvertisementThe official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy on Jan. 6, 2021 is not on display at the Capitol, as is required by law. But in its absence, the missing plaque makes way for something else entirely — a culture of forgetting. More than 140 law enforcement officers were wounded, some gravely, and several died later, some by suicide.

Source: Huffington Post January 06, 2026 15:07 UTC