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Investigation into why National Guard helicopters buzzed protesters in D.C. stuck in limbo
“The Department is committed to a complete and thorough investigation," Pentagon spokesman Army Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell said on Tuesday. "The investigation is ongoing and we do not have a timeline on a completion date"
Wisconsin calls out National Guard after unrest over police shooting of Black man
Wisconsin's governor called out the National Guard on Monday, and police in the city of Kenosha skirmished with protesters during a second night of unrest over the wounding of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot in the back by police as his three children looked on
‘This is my struggle, too’ — Protesters call for justice in case of Pfc. Vanessa Guillen
"She was just a Mexican girl trying to help people. It really hurts to think about how she was murdered for that."
The National Guard won’t punish soldiers who took a knee amid nationwide protests
Roughly 42,700 National Guard members have been deployed all over the United States since a surge of protests broke out after the May 25 death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in Minneapolis police custody
A Marine vet stood in silent protest outside the Utah Capitol so long that his shoes melted
Todd Winn, a U.S. Marine veteran, made a powerful statement while supporting the Black Lives Matter movement on Friday, standing alone in full dress uniform in front of the Utah Capitol as temperatures rose to 100 degrees
89 former national security leaders call on Trump to not use active-duty troops against protesters
"This is not a mission for which troops have been trained and equipped; it would put both them and their fellow Americans at great risk"
CNO speaks out on racism and George Floyd
U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday's message to Sailors amid nationwide protests in response to the death...
Army reverses plan to send troops home from Washington area amid nationwide protests
President Donald Trump's Pentagon chief shot down his idea of using troops to quell protests Wednesday but then reversed course on pulling part of the 82nd Airborne Division off standby in an extraordinary clash between the U.S. military and its commander in chief
What the Houston riots of 1917 tell us about police brutality and status in America
Police brutality is an issue that’s bedeviled the country since formal police forces began to organize in the late 19th century, and America’s armed forces are no exception
‘No quarter’ — Sen. Tom Cotton calls for US troops to do ‘whatever it takes’ to restore order amid nationwide protests
Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, pushed for the use of military force against demonstrators who've taken to the streets and, in some cases, protested violently against police brutality and racism
Minnesota National Guard deletes tweet saying it won’t send tanks into cities because it caused ‘more confusion’
The Minnesota National Guard, which has been responding to unrest in the state, has deleted a tweet posted on Sunday saying that it won't send tanks into the Twin Cities because they would "damage the roads"
No, a ‘child militia’ didn’t deploy to Atlanta amid nationwide protests
A trending video on Twitter claimed to show a "child militia" stationed outside at an Atlanta protest early Saturday, but police said the soldiers in the video are actually adult members of the Georgia National Guard
US military readies active-duty troops in case Minnesota governor asks for help to quell riots
Minnesota's governor has not requested help from active-duty troops so far.
Trump threatens to have National Guard shoot protestors in Minneapolis
Twitter then hid the tweet by Trump, accusing him of breaking its rules by "glorifying violence."