"Autocratic Power Grab": Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#72WG7)

Following Minneapolis protests in response to the ICE killing of Renee Good, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday, a move that would allow him to send military forces to the city. Trump's comments came after a second person was shot by ICE following a traffic stop. Trump probably sees this as a civil war," says Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights. This, as we all know, is being leveraged as part of an autocratic power grab."