US Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he opposed invoking a rarely used law to deploy US military troops to quell nationwide protests over police brutality against African Americans
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper visits DC National Guard military officers guarding the White House amid nationwide unrest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, US, June 1, 2020.
Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Esper said active-duty troops in a law enforcement role should be used in the United States "only in the most urgent and dire of situations," adding, "We are not in one of those situations now." Esper has authorised the movement of several active-duty Army units to military bases just outside the nation's capital, but they have not been called to action.
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