AMN /WASHINGTON
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered to withdraw National Guard troops from Washington saying the national capital was “under perfect control.”
The 5,000 National Guard troops brought to Washington last week to quell protests against the death of a black man in police custody.
“They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed,” the U.S. leader said on Twitter. “Far fewer protesters showed up last night than anticipated!”
Meanwhile key former U.S. military leaders continued to voice their opposition to Trump’s reported threat a week ago to use as many as 10,000 active duty military troops to augment local police in Washington against demonstrators protesting the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The death of the 46-year-old Floyd, who was held down on a city street for nearly nine minutes by a white policeman who pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck, has spawned nearly two weeks of protests in the U.S., some of them angry, violent clashes with authorities.
