Georgia national guard deployed to atlanta. Georgia governor brian kemp has ordered national guard troops to deploy in atlanta after rioters ransacked the state police headquarters. Shootings in the city have doubled in the wake of protests against police brutality. May 30 2020 atlanta georgia national guard units deploy at lenox square as protests continued for a second day.
Governor to deploy national guard troops after violence in. Georgia governor brian kemp has ordered national guard troops to deploy in atlanta after rioters ransacked the state police headquarters. Brian kemp on monday declared a state of emergency and deployed 1000 georgia national guard troops to atlanta amid violence in the city after an 8 year old girl was shot and killed.
Brian kemp extended an order monday that deployed 1000 georgia national guard troops to protect state buildings in atlanta the latest in a series of escalating tensions with atlanta mayor. Atlanta the national guard is just one of the resources gov. Brian kemp has declared a state of emergency and deployed 1000 georgia national guard troops to atlanta following a weekend of shootings that left dozens injured and resulted in.
Some 1000 soldiers will be deployed to protect the state capitol the governors mansion and the department of public. Brian kemp r on monday authorized deploying the states national guard after a weekend of violence in atlanta that included the fatal shooting of an 8 year old girlkemp declared a. Governor kemp deployed up to 2000 troops this weekend.
Brian kemp is deploying in response to covid 19. Protests over the death of george floyd in minneapolis police custody spread.