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Herbert directed the National Guard to "help control the escalating situation" in Salt Lake City, while calling on protesters to behave peacefully.Washington, DC has also mobilized the National Guard, as local police have the added responsibility of protecting the White House:
"We are in close contact with our Department of Public Safety and receiving regular updates," the governor said.
Herbert's announcement came around the same time as Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall issued an 8pm curfew.
The guardsmen were mobilized after a request from the US Park Police, the DC National Guard (DCNG) commander, Major General William J. Walker said.
"The DCNG is always ready to assist District and Federal agencies to protect human life and property," he noted.
Protesters had earlier pushed security barricades further down Pennsylvania Avenue and climbed on the roofs of Secret Service vehicles outside the White House, demanding justice for George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died during an arrest attempt by a white officer earlier this week.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
I feel less safe, knowing this. Less safe from any western government.
๐๐ต๐ Hear No, See No, Speak No.
George never actually fessed up that he cut down a cherry tree.[Link]
It seems to me - century old cherries must have value - did Washington anticipate this - that ole French - Indian war commander? If so, sons of...
I got my own personnel assets been "confiscated" by these mother fucker - "RSX" out of Van-Eck and mother fuck them - if you steal from a pirate...
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protests.
This is a bunch of morons rioting and having an excuse to be criminals.