Posted on 04/20/2021 10:08:53 AM PDT by A.M. Smith
Washington D.C. is on edge in advance of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, with violent riots expected should the verdict not give the desired result. Because of this, city officials say they have prepared for the worst and the Secretary of the Army has approved the activation of the National Guard. However, the 250 D.C. National Guard troops that are being activated to support the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department won’t be armed. They, instead, are expected to assist with street closures and to keep areas around the city safe. The President is the only one who can authorize the troops to arm “at this time, that’s not a plan.”, a spokeswoman for the National Guard said. She requested anonymity.
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I would call in sick before I show up unarmed to a Democratic riot...
Another illiterate “reporter” writing the title!
As a guard, I’d secretly be packin’ for this event!
I saw that biden called for extra guards but order them UNARMED... Are you kidding me. He is sending out targets for the rioters..
I agree. No way I go out there without a firearm.
So why are they there?
All these commie bastards KNOW it’s THEIR Brownshirts who are the malcontent miscreant thugs.
Else they wouldn’t have any guards out at all.
The nerve making a show of such response to the non-existent threat of “conservative violence”, all based on one lame incident.
One option would be to eliminate welfare in DC. You want welfare, you need to move across the border to Maryland.
That is exactly what I was thinking too.
They get their nuts back if it’s white republicans protesting.
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