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Minnesota National Guard deletes tweet saying it won't send tanks to cities because it caused 'more confusion'
The Guard wrote in the deleted tweet that an M1 Abrams tank "is a tracked vehicle that we would nev…
Ryan Pickrell
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Minnesota governor activates National Guard following protests and looting in response to death of George Floyd
Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, said Thursday he was declaring a "peacetime emergency" in response to ri…
Charles Davis
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Minnesota Gov. Walz activated entire National Guard for biggest protest response in the state's history
This is the largest domestic deployment in the history of Minnesota's National Guard, much larger t…
Ellen Cranley
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A video appeared to show a 'child militia' stationed near an Atlanta protest, but police said they're adult members of the National Guard
The Atlanta Police Department confirmed to Insider that the soldiers depicted in the viral video we…
Connor Perrett
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'We don't have time to grieve': Families of Wright, Floyd, and Castile are channeling trauma into protest
Derek Chauvin was convicted. But Minnesota's been a hub of police violence. Victims' families chann…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Hundreds of students in Minnesota walked out to protest the killings of Daunte Wright and George Floyd
Students from across the state walked out of class on Monday in coordinated protests.
Azmi Haroun
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Sen. Ted Cruz accused Rep. Maxine Waters of 'actively encouraging riots and violence' after she protested the police killing of Daunte Wright
Waters, a California Democrat, attended a Minnesota rally against police killings. She told demonst…
Yelena Dzhanova
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The police shooting that left a 20-year-old Black man dead after a traffic stop in Minnesota was 'accidental,' the police chief said
Daunte Wright, 20, was shot by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, during a traffic sto…
Kelly McLaughlin
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National Guard troops and federal agents kept close watch on 5th night of George Floyd protests in Washington DC
Tuesday was Washington, DC's fifth straight night of protests over police brutality, and according …
Christopher Woody
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Trump is talking about using tanks to quell the George Floyd protests, but the Pentagon is getting cold feet
Pentagon officials said Defense Secretary Mark Esper's urgings that states "dominate the battlespac…
Mia Jankowicz
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The National Guard says 5,000 troops have been activated to respond to unrest in 15 states and DC with thousands more ready to go
"The situation is fluid so those numbers can change rapidly," the Guard said as troops respond to u…
Ryan Pickrell
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Protests flare and National Guard deployed after 20-year-old Black man shot in traffic stop near Minneapolis
The family of Daunte Wright said he was pulled over for displaying an air freshener. Later, the pol…
Cheryl Teh
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Protesters say the nation's capital 'feels like it's turning into a military state' as National Guard and unidentified troops patrol the streets at Trump's command
"Part of me feels like it's turning into a military state," one protester said about Washington, DC.
Sonam Sheth,Eliza Relman,Kayla Epstein
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How all 50 states are responding to the George Floyd protests, from imposing curfews to calling in the National Guard
At least 200 cities have imposed curfews during the protests, affecting more than 60 million US res…
Katie Warren,Joey Hadden
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Minnesota lawmakers said violence during George Floyd protests was from 'outside' actors, but jail records show most arrests are in-state
Minnesota lawmakers said most of the protesters arrested were from outside the state. Jail records …
Ellen Cranley
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'Ignore the president's unlawful order': Democrats and military veterans are up in arms after Trump suggests National Guard troops may shoot looters
"He's literally suggesting shooting those protesting the senseless death of a black man," Sen. Tamm…
David Choi
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Minneapolis mayor receives assistance from the National Guard as protests over George Floyd's death turn deadly and buildings go up in flames
Promising a "robust criminal investigation" into Floyd's death, the Justice Department said that fe…
Rhea Mahbubani
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The aunt of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man killed by Minnesota police, was tear-gassed during a protest
"People were running around with gallons of milk, dumping it on people's faces," Kelly Bryant said.…
Yelena Dzhanova
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'Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump threatens to send in National Guard in response to protests over George Floyd's death
"I can't stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis," the president tweet…
Charles Davis
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The former Blackwater guards Trump pardoned were convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians, including 2 children
The youngest victim of the infamous Nisour Square massacre was a 9-year-old boy who was shot in the…