Milwaukee sheriff requests National Guard back-up in anticipation of another night of violence
 
 
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke on Sunday requested assistance from the National Guard to deal with expected further unrest in Milwaukee after a night of violent protests and burning buildings.
"We cannot allow for a repeat of what happened last night," Clarke wrote in a statement. "I am going to utilize all available resources to accomplish that." Clarke said he made the request after discussing it with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Major General Donald Dunbar of the National Guard, suggesting the deployment will likely be approved.
The protests began Saturday in response a fatal police shooting of a fleeing man armed with a stolen handgun, and as the demonstration turned violent, multiple buildings were set ablaze. Watch a gas station burn in the video below. Bonnie Kristian
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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.
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