National Guard and Civil Unrest

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Missouri governor activates National Guard

How common are National Guard deployments over unrest? A look at past presidents' actions

Trump sent National Guard troops to California amid days of protesting federal immigration raids. Here's what's usual, and unusual, about the order.

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Mo. National Guard activated as precaution after recent civil unrest, governor says

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Missouri governor activates National Guard ahead of anti-Trump protests

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Exclusive-US Marines Carry Out First Known Detention of Civilian in Los Angeles, Video Shows

Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty tr...

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Trump Salutes the U.S. Army During Massive Military Parade

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Live Updates: Trump’s Military Parade to Go Ahead Amid Protests and Rain

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Trump’s Recent Moves Risk Politicizing the Military, Which Has Long Strived to Stay Above Politics

Newsom said the president was “behaving like a tyrant.”

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Police Clash With Protesters After Anti-Trump Rally in Downtown Los Angeles

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Los Angeles Protesters Tell US Marines to Leave LA

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When have presidents called in the National Guard to quell domestic unrest?

The National Guard was also called during the 1992 L.A. riots and the unrest that followed Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968. Trump’s order was unlike any other.

What Is the National Guard?

The troops that President Trump deployed to Los Angeles are members of a state-based militia that exists in every state and can be called in during natural disasters or civil unrest.