'We were abandoned': Pentagon emails show National Guard was ready to deploy before 2020 Minneapolis protests

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'We were abandoned': Pentagon emails show National Guard was ready to deploy before 2020 Minneapolis protests
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Emails in the hours before George Floyd protests in Minneapolis turned violent show the Minnesota National Guard was ready to deploy about 200 military police officers to the city.

agencies were already supported Minneapolis police through mutual aid agreements, but that the National Guard could provide an additional 200 military police officers to be"the reserve of the reserve."

By 10 p.m. on May 28, police surrendered the Third Precinct, and the country watched as the police building was set on fire in a blaze that eventually would result in a total loss of the building.

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