Milwaukee Shipped in 4,500 Cops From Across the US to Suppress Protest at RNC + More

Contestations over the Republican National Committee’s efforts to foreclose avenues for lawful protest outside this week’s Republican National Convention (RNC) were already heated months before GOP delegates started booking their flights to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the convention.

Milwaukee Shipped in 4,500 Cops From Across the US to Suppress Protest at RNC

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EXPLAINER: Why Dutch soldiers were at Indiana military camp

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Before three Dutch soldiers were shot, one fatally, in downtown Indianapolis, they were training in a southern Indiana military camp where international soldiers enter highly specialized urban combat simulations they might not be able to get in their own country.

EXPLAINER: Why Dutch soldiers were at Indiana military camp

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