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National Guard Ordered To Consider Americans As ‘Enemy Forces’ And ‘Adversaries’

National Guard Ordered To Consider Americans As ‘Enemy Forces’ And ‘Adversaries’ Internal briefings read like a strategy for going to war Documents obtained by CNN reveal that the Missouri National Guard referred to Americans in Ferguson as ‘enemy forces’ and adversaries’ in briefings as they prepared to quell protests. The internal briefing documents, secured under a Freedom of Information Act request, reveal that the National Guard, called in to Ferguson under already tense circumstances, used heavily militarized language to describe protesters, many of whom were merely lawfully executing their First Amendment rights. The documents highlight that the guard was worried… View Article