national guard
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Black Candidates More Likely to be Dismissed from Maryland National Guard School
About 40 percent of Black candidates were dismissed from Maryland Army National Guard's Officer Candidate School.
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Around a Dozen National Guard Members Removed From Inauguration Security Team, Including 2 for Ties to Far-Right Militia Groups [Updated]
On Monday, The Root reported that the FBI screened around 25,000 members of the U.S. Army National Guard to make sure a second attack on the U.S. Capitol wasn’t being planned for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration by insiders tasked with securing Capitol grounds. It was an unusual screening of an unusually large Inauguration Day security…
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Capitol Police Officer Among Dead as Fallout From Siege Continues Amid Questions About Police Preparation
A U.S. Capitol Police officer is among five people who died due to the insurrection into the Capitol building this week, an announcement that comes amid continuing questions about why there were insufficient law enforcement protections in preparation for the planned siege. Officer Brian D. Sicknick was injured after engaging with members of the mob…
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National Guard to Be Deployed to DC Ahead of Pro-Trump Protest Wednesday
As a result of the chaos that ensued from a pro-Trump protest in Washington, D.C., last month, the mayor has requested the National Guard be deployed ahead of a similar protest scheduled for this week. According to CNN, the National Guard has been mobilized to Washington, D.C., and will assist with crowd control and directing…
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Officers Involved in Shooting of Jacob Blake Will Not Face Any Charges
The officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake—who was shot seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down—will not face any charges. According to NBC News, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced the decision during a press conference on Tuesday. “It is my decision now that no Kenosha law…
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For 2nd Night, Walter Wallace Protests Rock Philadelphia as National Guard Is Called In
Philadelphians turned out for the second night of protests on Tuesday night in the wake of the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr. Police and elected officials took a much more aggressive stance against protesters than they did on Monday, with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) enlisting the help of the National Guard…
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David McAtee's Family Sues National Guard and Louisville Metro Police Over Shooting
The family of David McAtee, the 53-year-old restaurant owner who was shot and killed by a National Guardsman in Louisville, Ky., during a June protest, has filed a lawsuit against the National Guard and Louisville Metro Police. According to the Courier-Journal, attorneys for the family believe that an overuse of force and several protocol violations…
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Kentucky Official Says Louisville Restaurant Owner David McAtee Was Killed by National Guard
Kentucky officials have yet to name the person who killed David McAtee, a beloved West Louisville restaurant owner who was shot and killed following a night of anti-police brutality protests. But they do know that it was a member of the National Guard who killed him. The announcement was made Tuesday by Governor Andy Beshear’s…
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What You Need to Know About David McAtee, the Louisville Restaurant Owner Killed After Sunday's Protests
There are a lot of stories circulating about David McAtee, the 53-year-old black man shot and killed while Louisville Metro Police and the National Guard attempted to “disperse” a crowd who had gathered outside a Dino’s Food Mart in the early hours of Monday morning. The details are hazy by circumstance (information coming out in…
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Curfews Imposed and National Guard Deployed to Bring Order to Nationwide Protests. Spoiler Alert: It Didn’t Work
Nationwide protests calling for the valuing of black lives have filled our news feeds with stories of chaos and civil unrest as rioting and clashes between protesters and law enforcement continue. Now, dozens of cities across the country have imposed curfews and the National Guard has been deployed in over a dozen states and—wouldn’t you…