President Trump today threatened to order additional federal forces into the nation’s capital if Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser mistreated National Guard troops who had been deployed in the District to quell protests in recent days
a citywide curfew and activated the D.C. National Guard to support the city's Metropolitan Police Department in responding to protests and riots following the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, by a Minneapolis police officer.to Trump stating that she had “ended the state of emergency in the District of Columbia related to demonstrations,” requesting that he “withdraw all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence” from the city.
It is unclear which officers or troops Trump was referring to Friday when he tweeted about a “different group of men and women.” Law enforcement efforts in the District have becomethis week, as Trump has injected various federal forces into the city to stamp out protests. Police officers and National Guard units fired rubber bullets, deployed flash bangs and set off tear gas bombs Monday to
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