Trump threatens military force against protesters nationwide

AKIPRESS.COM - US President Donald Trump threatened the nation's governors that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests over police brutality that have roiled the nation over the past week. If governors throughout the country do not deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers to "dominate the streets," Trump said the U.S. military would step in to "quickly solve the problem for them." "We have the greatest country in the world," the president declared. "We're going to keep it safe."
A military deployment by Trump to U.S. states would mark a stunning federal intervention rarely seen in modern American history. Yet the message Trump appeared to be sending with the brazen pushback of protesters outside the White House was that he sees few limits to what he is willing to do, AP reports.
Hundreds of people are protesting across United States against the death of George Floyd. Floyd died last week after he was pinned to the pavement by a police officer who put his knee on the handcuffed black man's neck until he stopped breathing.
His death set off protests that spread from Minneapolis across America.