The Unnerving Precedent Of Using The National Guard To Quell Civil Unrest

Tuesday, August 19, 2014
By Paul Martin

Jeremy Bender
BusinessInsider.com
Aug. 19, 2014

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced early Monday that he was bringing in troops from the Missouri National Guard to help contain demonstrations that have at times turned violent in the Saint Louis suburb of Ferguson.

Bringing in the National Guard — which is an actual military force — may do little to help quell the ongoing civil unrest. Protesters and outside observers continue to be outraged over the Ferguson Police Department’s use of military-grade equipment to deal with protesters who are mostly unarmed.

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