Pentagon puts US military police on alert for Minneapolis protest duty
Soldiers from Fort Bragg in north Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, said a CNBC report. Soldiers in Fort Carson, in Colorado, and Fort Riley in Kansas have been told to be ready within 24 hours.
May 30, 2020, 22:42 PM ISTDonald Trump says protesters would have met vicious dogs if White House fence breached
The death on Monday in Minneapolis of George Floyd has sparked demonstrations, some of them violent, in many cities across the nation, including one in Washington on Friday.
May 30, 2020, 22:22 PM IST