George Floyd protests: can Trump deploy federal troops on to the streets in the US?

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George Floyd protests: can Trump deploy federal troops on to the streets in the US?
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Outcome seems to hang on the interpretation of the 1807 Insurrection Act, which allows the use of active-duty troops for law enforcement

US president Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the United States military to American cities to quell civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

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