Protests Near White House on 1 Year Anniversary of National Guard Deployment
The White House says the operation helped drive 16,000 arrests, while critics cite falling crime before the deployment and at least $660 million in costs.
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The deployment of the National Guard coincides with a significant decline in several crime categories in the capital of the United States.
The Posse Comitatus Presidency: Trump’s Standing Army on American Streets
“I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military.”—President Trump The National Guard was just the beginning. One year after President Trump deployed military troops to the nation’s capital, we find ourselves navigating a posse comitatus presidency in which the visual trappings of martial law are the norm, not the exception. The Founders warned against standing armi…
The Posse Comitatus Presidency: Trump’s Standing Army on American Streets » Sons of Liberty Media
“I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military.”—President Trump The National Guard was just the beginning. One year after President Trump deployed military troops to the nation’s capital, we find ourselves navigating a posse comitatus presidency in which the visual trappings of …
The effectiveness and cost of the National Guard deployment in D.C.
It has now been one year since President Trump declared a “crime emergency” in the nation’s capital and deployed thousands of members of the National Guard to its streets. Questions continue to mount over the mission’s cost, its legality and its effectiveness in fighting crime. Lisa Desjardins discussed more with Richard Hahn of the Niskanen Center's Criminal Justice Department.
One year of the National Guard in D.C.
This week, WAMU is looking at the different ways the National Guard deployment has impacted D.C., one year in. First in the series, WAMU's Natalie Yuravlivker spoke to NOTUS reporter Michael Brice-Saddler about his reporting that looks back on what the deployment has accomplished, and at what cost.
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