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Trump’s Made-for-TV Spectacle in Los Angeles Is Illegal and Dangerous

11.06.2025 5

U.S.News

Brian Vandemark

Los Angeles Guard Deployment Raises Specter Of Kent State

09.06.2025 6

Talking Points Memo

Brian Vandemark

From Kent State to Los Angeles, using armed forces to police civilians is a high-risk  strategy

As President Trump sends National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a military historian explains why crowd control is one of the Guard’s most...

09.06.2025 40

The Conversation

Brian Vandemark

In a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed his intention, if elected to a second term, to use the U.S. armed forces to suppress...

27.08.2024 1

The Conversation

Brian Vandemark