Nattional Guard troops in Washington began to carry a firearm, as Trump bends military deployment.
Donald Trump decided to raise the military deployment in Washington, DC, National Guard Troops Patrol The capital is now armed.
Defense department official talking about the state of anonymity has been approved The fact that some units of special missions will be firearms from guns to rifles, AP reports. The official added that all armed units have been trained and follow the strict rules of the involvement of Defense Minister Pete Hegchet.
The official says that only certain troops will be firearms, and the employees of transport or administration will probably stay unarmed. However, one day after speaking to an anonymous defense official, the Associated Press photographer considered members of the South Carolina National Guard, Holsets.
The working group’s spokesman said that members of the National Guard assigned Security and security responsibilities will be armed, and “beautification” tasks such as community recovery is probably not.
The raised military presence follows the enforcement of the joint task controlled in the capital, which say that the units began to carry out official weapons.
As Trump deployed us by troops, members of thousands of national guards and federal officers patrolling DC streets. This step, which prevails the reputation of state and local law enforcement agencies, is coming, as weighs the military deployment of other democratic cities, including Baltimore, Chicago and New York.
“I think Chicago will be next to our next,” the Ruili office told reporters on August 22. “And then we will help New York.”
Critics call out what many people see, as hostilities against military cities against democratic cities and the population of minorities.
“We are talking about profiling us,” said St. Al Sharpton at Howard University.
“This is located with arrogance and racism,” he added later. “No white mayor has been assigned. And I think this is a matter of civil rights, race problem and a problem of DC statehood. “
White House official said Despite the National Guard Troops They are armed in DC, they do not make arrests and continue to focus on the support of the Federal property and the support of law enforcement. So far, more than 2,200 national guards, who have been deployed by the state, as part of the coordinated Trump, to apply for crime and homelessness in the capital, which has seen a violent crime year by year.
