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National Guard troops in LA is latest in long history of deployments during civil rights protests
Trump's deployment of the National Guard to L.A. is the latest in a long history of elected officials sending troops in hopes ...
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The last time a president bypassed a governor to deploy the National Guard was during Civil Rights in Alabama
The last time was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the National Guard to protect Civil Rights marchers from ...
Trump’s use of the national guard against LA protesters defies all precedents
Presidents have used the national guard before, but only to protect civil rights, not to deny the right to protest.
Trump’s LA National Guard deployment is the first since a key moment in Alabama civil rights history
President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles this weekend was the first ...