President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests follows a long history of U.S. elected officials sending troops in hopes of thwarting unrest connected to race-related clashes.
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National Guard troops in LA is latest in long history of deployments during civil rights protests

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in response to immigration protests follows a long history of U.S. elected officials sending troops in hopes of thwarting unrest connected to race-related clashes.
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