Unarmed members of the National guard of the district of Columbia in the United States will provide an additional protection of monuments in Washington. This is with reference to the management of the national guard, CNN reports.
“the national guard of the district of Columbia in response to a request from the law enforcement officials sent unarmed officers, told CNN the National guard major Robert Perino. – It is expected that the involved guards will ensure the safety of the local sites and critical infrastructure.”
Perino also noted that the Secretary of the U.S. army Ryan McCarthy signed on Tuesday, 23 June, the Memorandum authorizing the activation of the National guard of the district of Columbia after the Park police had asked for help.
it is Reported that currently in the vicinity of Washington are about 100 soldiers. However, their number can increase to 400 if necessary.
the Pentagon expects that National guard forces will be used as a temporary measure as long as the Ministry of justice will not gain additional law enforcement officers, so that they could take on this mission. However, according to Perino, servicemen of the national guard will remain in D.C. until July 4.
moreover, on Tuesday, June 23, the Minister of internal Affairs of the country David Bernhardt, during his speech on the Fox News channel, also called on the Ministry of defence to send officers of the National guard to protect the monuments in Washington.
“Tonight I appealed to the Minister of defence asking him to provide us with employees of the National guard, so we could begin the restoration of monuments, – said Bernhardt. – In the morning I gave instructions to build a fence around the square, Lafayette square and Church of St. John.”
Recall, protesters in Washington tried to demolish the monument in honor of the seventh US President Andrew Jackson, mounted near the White house, on Lafayette square Park. They managed to tear down the temporary fence around the statue and even to climb on it. Protesters wrapped the statue with a rope and tried to overturn, but they were prevented by law enforcement officers. Police dispersed a few hundred people with pepper gas. Donald trump, in turn, threatened the vandals ten years Terem conclusion.
This is not the first case when the protesters in the United States demolish the historic buildings and monuments. So, June 14, in Portland, Oregon, was demolished and the statue of Thomas Jefferson, and after another four days — a monument to George Washington. On Friday, June 19, demonstrators in San Francisco knocked over the statue of Ulysses S. Grant.
