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NEW What started as a department following the lead of a president aiming to rally his base by declaring himself a protector of statues and monuments has resulted in the militarized crackdown of an American city. Here’s our story—>

nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/…
“The last people you really want are any of these federal officials” at the protests, said Gil Kerlikowske, the former commissioner of Customs and Border Protection and the former chief of the Seattle Police Department.
How did we get to the point of DHS dispatching teams of border agents and ICE officials to protests? Read this—> google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…
And here’s a NEW story with additional information on the legal authority DHS is citing to crack down on the protests.

nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/…
And here’s another story on the state of leadership at DHS and more broadly the entire Trump administration —>

google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…
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As protesters made their way into Chinatown, military helicopters were positioned just above rooftops, sending gusts of dust into the air. A part of a tree fell, nearly hitting passerbys. The crowds dispersed down side streets. Some storefronts were shattered. #DCProtest.
About 10 minutes later, here it goes again.
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A little story of resilience and kindness: From 2015 to 2018, I covered the anniversary of 9/11 at the memorial in Lower Manhattan. Last year, I wrote about someone who returned from college to pay respect to the mother he never met. wsj.com/articles/seven…
When the North Tower got hit, Jake Campbell's mother, Jill Maurer-Campbell, called her family from the South Tower to tell them she would be fine. Then a plane hit the South Tower.
Jakes father, an NYPD officer, and grandfather, a firefighter, spent days digging through rubble. Jake's grandfather died from cancer he got from the toxic air at the site. His dad died of a heart attack months before Jake was accepted to Michigan.
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