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Lawmakers Demand Answers from Officials on Potential Military Action Against U.S. Protestors

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020

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Lawmakers Demand Answers from Officials on Potential Military Action Against U.S. Protestors

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

Multiple Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling on Pentagon and law enforcement officials to testify on how the U.S. military may end up involved in a response to demonstrations protesting police brutality against Black Americans that are taking place around the nation. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) announced June 2 that he plans to have Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley before the committee…

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