Chido Nwangwu writes on the militarization of American cities by President Donald Trump who recently unleashed extraordinarily armed National Guard troops to quell riots in California State without the Governor’s knowledge
he unusually heavy militarization of key sections of an increasing number of cities across the United States, since the first and second weeks of June 2025, continues to be seen with considerable concern around America and the world.
For millions of people who, reasonably, differentiate the military from the neighborhood police, it was and remains an unfolding, dangerous, existential complexity on the centuries’ old quests and battles for the security and safety of the borders of these United States.