Mark Esper today ordered home the remainder of the 1,600 active-duty troops brought to the national capital region to respond to protests
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered home the remainder of the 1,600 active-duty troops brought to the national capital region to respond to protests, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters at the Pentagon.
McCarthy also said he ordered D.C. Guardsmen to not carry weapons on Monday when it became clear there were enough federal law enforcement defending the city.McCarthy detailed the chain of events that took place this week, noting that the decision on Monday to put active-duty troops on alert in the D.C. area was made after an “incredibly challenging night” for local law enforcement. Protesters defaced the Lincoln Memorial and hit five soldiers in the head with a brick, he said.
McCarthy, who as Army secretary commands the D.C. National Guard, has been in constant communication with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser through her chief of police, exchanging messages “five to six times a day,” he said. “The determination was ‘let’s get them back’ because it created a tremendous amount of tension by having the 82nd outside the city,” he said.
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