Pentagon puts US military police on alert for Minneapolis protest duty
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As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday over the death of George Floyd, the Pentagon ordered the US Army to ready its active-duty military police to deploy to Minneapolis. Roughly 800 US soldiers would deploy to the city if called to the city, AP reported. Reportedly, Soldiers from Fort Bragg in north Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called.