West Virginia sending hundreds of National Guard troops
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In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job.
The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.
A group is planning a protest Aug. 17 against Mike DeWine sending 150 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.