2020-06-01 04:49:04, Jessie Yeung, CNN
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"Organized protests have taken place across the state without incident but the events that have followed, particularly in Indianapolis, have devastated businesses, defaced public monuments that are centuries old, and resulted in loss of life," Holcomb added.
Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, said today that President Trump should apply the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military to US cities in the wake of nation-wide protests following the death of George Floyd.
The governor also announced he had signed an executive order lifting restrictions on local declarations of emergency, effective Monday at 11 a.m. The order "allows local governments to place more stringent travel restrictions than the state has in place," the governor said.
"At my order, the Indiana National Guard stands ready to assist local communities in need to protect the public and property, and I am deploying Guard members to protect state property beginning today," Holcomb said in a statement Monday.
"The president should use the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military forces to these cities to support local law enforcement and ensure this violence ends tonight," Cotton wrote on Twitter.
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