Pentagon says every national guard troop deployed in Washington DC ‘is now armed’
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#71WKP)
Move to arm all 2,375 estimated troops marks significant shift in rules of engagement for domestic military deployments
The Pentagon said Tuesday that every national guard troop deployed in Washington DC will now be armed with live weapons, and have begun conducting joint patrols with the local police department.
I can confirm that everybody in DC is now armed, and a lot of our DC national guardsmen are now also doing joint patrols with members of the police department here in DC," said Kingsley Wilson, the department's press secretary, at a press conference.
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