US Military Reluctance To Get Trump To Handle Demonstrators George Floyd

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JAKARTA - The year 2020 may be a very testing year for the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump. He must deal with the COVID-19 outbreak which experienced a surge in casualties, have an uncertain prospect of the 2020 US election in November, and now also have to create legal pressure on its own citizens. Trump plans to involve the military to intervene in a massive police protest against George Floyd's.

As tear gas floated in the air in Lafayette Garden, across from the White House, Trump declared that if state leaders refused to take the necessary action, he would use the Insurrection Act. It was a law in 1807 that allowed a president to deploy military groups to suppress the chaos wrought by civilian groups.

Reported by CNN, Tuesday, June 2, state leaders have tried to respond by making compelling reasons that the situation does not require them to deploy a military group. "There is a strong desire for local law enforcement to be held accountable," said a defense official, alluding to a law prohibiting the military from performing any law enforcement role in the US.

The civil order mission has also been deemed inconvenient by some National Guard troops. This mission is also known to bring down the most military groups in history.

Military response

"I believe that we in America must not familiarize ourselves with or accept uniformed members of all fields who must be placed in positions where they have to secure (civilian) people in the US," said Army Major General Thomas Carden, Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard. .

He added that although the military groups are happy and honored to do so, they do not completely agree. For them, this is a sign that today society needs to do even better in a country.

Trump also threatened to use the Insurrection Act nationwide to deal with protests. The protests that started with the death of George Floyd - a black man who died after being detained by police in Minneapolis - have now spilled over into other things such as looting and riots. George Floyd.

Military reluctance

"Of all the things I've done in the last 34 years in uniform, doing something like this is at the bottom of my list," said Carden, of his mission to dominate US citizens with the military.

Speaking about his experiences in Georgia, he acknowledged that circumstances now compelled him and said he believed the presence of the National Guard "had a significant deterrent and sedative effect."

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was present at the call Trump is making with governors across the US. He said there were now more than 17,000 National Guards in 29 states and the District of Columbia.

At the Rose Garden, as loud banging sounded and demonstrators ran screaming in terror, Trump said he was taking "swift and decisive action" to protect Washington by sending thousands of heavily armed soldiers, military personnel and law enforcement officers. Everything, Trump said, is for the sake of stopping riots, looting, vandalism, assaults and unexpected destruction of property.

"If the city or state fails to act, then I will deploy the US military and quickly solve the problem," Trump concluded.