‘Martial law’ trends on Twitter as Trump deploys the military against the American people

        ‘Martial law’ trends on Twitter as Trump deploys the military against the American people
    
Matthew Chapman
June 1, 2020 9:44PM ET
Matthew ChapmanNews WriterMatthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in election and policy coverage.

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On Monday, in the wake of President Donald Trump's speech announcing he would deploy the military to control nationwide police brutality protests, "Martial Law" began trending on Twitter, with commenters expressing horror about the implications for the rule of law.
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