© Reuters / Joshua RobertsMembers of the Pennsylvania National Guard maintain control of the area near City Hall after violent protests in response to the death of George Floyd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on June 2, 2020.
Over 50 percent of Americans would like to see the army deployed to the streets of US cities to help police tackle the riots raging across the country following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
The US has been gripped by a massive wave of protests for over a week, as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to call for justice for the African American man, who was choked to death by a police officer during a detention process.
While it might seem that the nation, or the larger part of it at least, has rallied behind the cause,
a large number of Americans admitted they would not object to the military being deployed to aid the police in dealing with the protest actions that have spiraled into riots and violent clashes with law enforcement in many cities.
A
poll conducted between May 31 and June 1 by Morning Consult data intelligence company showed that
as many as 58 percent of Americans approve of the idea. One third of the respondents
"strongly support" it while only a total of 30 percent oppose, to some extent, deploying the troops. The survey relies on a
"national sample of 1,624 registered voters" interviewed online.
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