DC National Guard troops to be unarmed, as city braces for unrest after Chauvin guilty verdict
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EXCLUSIVE: Washington, D.C. National Guard troops stationed in the city "will not be armed," at the request of Mayor Muriel Bowser, as the nation's capital braces for large-scale protests and unrest after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Fox News has learned.
Fox News has learned that hundreds of troops are being deployed to protect civilians from protests, rioting and looting at 30 different locations across the city, but all are prohibited from carrying any weapons or arms whatsoever, according to a directive from Bowser's office, and approval by the acting secretary of the Army. Bowser's office sent a letter to Maj. Gen. William Walker of the D.C. National Guard earlier this month, requesting troops be "activated" to assist the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. "No DCNG personnel will be armed or engaged in any law enforcement activity during this activation," the letter to Walker, from director of D.C.'s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, Christopher Rodriguez, wrote earlier this month.
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