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Military helicopters attempt to disperse protesters, Washington DC Monday night.

#BlackLivesMatter
Trump announced on Monday that he was sending thousands of heavily armed military personnel into the US capital & threatened to dispatch the military across the US against Americans demonstrating against police brutality.

#BlackSpring
#BlackLivesMatter

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Trump didn’t answer questions about what authority he would use to deploy the military outside the federally-controlled capital city, but he could be considering invoking the Insurrection Act.

Federal law bars the military from enforcing laws at home.
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