"We don't embrace the notion of having National Guardsmen with M-16s walking the streets of New Orleans, militarizing our communities and perhaps adding more insult to injury."
"People of conscience must do everything possible to protect our communities from persecution and abuse. We stand proudly with our partners to say NO TROOPS IN OUR STREETS."
"Trump and Landry plan to use the military to harass and oppress our Black and immigrant residents, and these attacks on our communities must be defeated."
Louisiana requested federal assistance to activate up to 1,000 National Guard troops in urban centers through fiscal year 2026. The request seeks Title 32 status so troops remain under state control while the federal government pays their pay and benefits. The deployment was described as intended to support state and federal law enforcement in addressing high crime rates. Elected officials, advocacy groups, and activists condemned the plan as militarization that could target Black and immigrant communities. An emergency protest is planned in New Orleans and critics called the plan immoral and unnecessary.
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