After days of peaceful protest, the almost 5,000 National Guardsmen who were activated to patrol the nation’s capital are ordered by President Trump to go home.
The almost 5,000 National Guard forces who were deployed to respond to protests in the nation’s capital following the death of George Floyd will be heading home, after their presence possibly avoided a constitutional crisis by preventing the ordering of active duty troops to police the District of Columbia.
When peaceful protesters, demonstrating over the death of Floyd in police custody, returned near that church in Lafayette Square on Monday evening, it was the use of force against them that set off the greatest challenge to Trump’s relationship with the military during his presidency. That included Defense Secretary Mark Esper breaking with the president on the use of active duty military to police the protests.
Saturday marked the sixth peaceful day in a row of protests in the nation’s capital, something the National Guard and Army had said would be used as a barometer on whether to approve troops going home. Top military officials also disagreed with Trump’s threat to use military force against violence in the protests.
Trump administration officials argue that, if the protests continue to swell, the president has the power to send federal troops into states under the authority of the Insurrection Act — even if governors object.
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