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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums500 WI Nat'l Guard troops activated ahead of Rittenhouse verdict
By Patrick Reilly
November 12, 2021 8:40pm Updated
Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard troops have been activated ahead of an expected verdict in Kyle Rittenhouses murder trial next week, Gov. Tony Evers announced on Friday.
About 500 troops will be on hand outside of Kenosha and will respond if requested by local law enforcement, in the event of civil unrest following the jurys decision, Evers said ...
https://nypost.com/2021/11/12/wisconsin-national-guard-troops-activated-ahead-of-kyle-rittenhouse-verdict/
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500 WI Nat'l Guard troops activated ahead of Rittenhouse verdict (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Nov 2021
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DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)1. JHC - what country am I living in? nt
AllaN01Bear
(18,461 posts)2. i agree, what country am i living in?
Skittles
(153,202 posts)7. one where authoritarianism is increasingly becoming SOP
it's some sick shit
bottomofthehill
(8,349 posts)3. Ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure.
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)4. Anybody who followed the trial this week knows how it is going to end.
No matter the verdict, people are going to be pissed.
iemanja
(53,072 posts)5. They did the same here in Minneapolis
ahead of the Chauvin verdict.
SalviaBlue
(2,918 posts)6. I wonder if the Nat'l Guard wants 17 yr olds from neighboring states
to get thier ARs and come help. Maybe bring their first aid kits too. Just in case.