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As Protests Rage, Trump Will Not Move to Seize Control of National Guard Troops

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As Protests Rage, Trump Will Not Move to Seize Control of National Guard Troops

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May 31, 2020
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As Protests Rage, Trump Will Not Move to Seize Control of National Guard Troops

U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about U.S. trade relations with China and Hong Kong as National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listen in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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 President Donald Trump will not take the dramatic step for now of seeking control of the National Guard, his national security adviser said on Sunday as protests flared in U.S. cities after the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis in police custody last week.

“We’re not going to federalize the Guard at this time. But, if necessary, we have further military assets that can be deployed,” Robert O’Brien told reporters at the White House. “We’ll do whatever the governors or mayors need to keep control of their cities.”

Civil unrest has swelled following Monday’s death of George Floyd, who was shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck.

The National Guard said on Sunday that 5,000 soldiers and airmen had been activated in 15 states and Washington, D.C., but that “state and local law enforcement agencies remain responsible for security.”

A presidential move to federalize National Guard troops is rare, occurring about 12 times since the mid-1900s, mostly during the Civil Rights era of the 1960s, according to the National Guard press office. It was not invoked in protests following the deaths of other black men in recent years in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore.

The Minnesota National Guard has been armed following detection by the FBI of a “credible lethal threat” specifically against it, Jon Jensen, the adjutant general of that state’s Guard, told reporters in a call.

Jensen told Minnesota Governor Tim Walz about the threat, which the FBI informed the Guard about on Thursday, and Walz approved the arming of the Guard, he said. Troops were carrying ammunition in magazine pouches, not in firearms, Jensen added.

‘DO BETTER AS A COUNTRY’

In addition to Minnesota, states that have activated troops include Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Washington, the Guard said in a statement. An additional 2,000 troops were ready to activate if needed.

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles after overnight protests that evoked memories of the 1992 riots over the police beating of Rodney King.

The governors of Virginia and New York said on Sunday they were placing their National Guards on standby amid protests in their states.

The deployments come as the National Guard, a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces, had already been activated by governors in recent weeks to manage the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Thomas Carden, the adjutant general of the Georgia National Guard, told reporters the Guard was ready to support authorities. But he said he believed Americans should not get used to uniformed service members having to secure people inside the country.

“While we’re glad to do it and honored to do it, this is a sign of the times that we need to do better as a country. … We stand ready to do this mission anytime we’re called on to do it, but I pray I never have to do it again,” Carden said.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey and Timothy Gardner; Additional reporting by Idrees Ali in Washington and Peter Szekely, Maria Caspani and Sinead Carew in New York; Editing by Mary Milliken and Peter Cooney)

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