History Shows How Using Troops to Police U.S. Cities Can Backfire

Mihai Prelipcean

In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has ordered National Guard troops into Los Angeles and Washington, D.C , to combat violent crime and support the government’s stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws. Hailing the purported success of these missions, the president has promised to occupy Chicago ; New Orleans ; Memphis ; Portland, Ore.; and other American cities in similar fashion. There is a long history of using the military to police American cities. After the Civil War, for example,

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