In the runup to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, the U.S. Post Office will temporarily remove several mailboxes from around San Francisco as a security precaution.

The Post Office is removing 12 boxes around Civic Center Plaza and the San Francisco Hall of Justice in anticipation of possible civic unrest in the days surrounding the inauguration event in Washington, D.C.

Since the violent insurrectionist pro-Trump riot that overtook the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, there has been a lot of Internet chatter about possible right-wing violence in state capitols around the country and the Post Office is removing the boxes as part of its standard security measures for large gatherings.

Source: U.S. Post Office Removing Mailboxes as Security Measure Ahead of Inauguration – NBC Bay Area