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Fear in the streets. Buildings burning. Law enforcement struggling to tamp down violence and bring chaos under control.
The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced they will deploy up to 750 members of the National Guard to Washington, D.C.
As President Trump continues his attempts to take over Washington, DC through the deployment of the National Guard, other cities fortify their plans to protect their citizens against federal force. Mayor Brandon Scott of Baltimore,
National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states deployed troops to the capital.
The trial over President Trump's deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this summer reached its third and final day Wednesday.