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DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson called the multi-state National Guard deployments an "illegal occupation."

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True. DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson condemned the deployments as an "illegal occupation," arguing that using state armies to patrol American streets violates Reconstruction-era laws designed to p...

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