DC mayor wants out-of-state troops gone

By David Lawder and Jonathan Landay
Updated June 5 2020 - 10:07am, first published 10:03am
About 3300 national guardsmen are in Washington or on the way.
About 3300 national guardsmen are in Washington or on the way.

Thousands of National Guard troops and federal officers in riot gear and masks ringed the White House and monuments in the US capital this week, evoking comparisons to an occupying force.

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