Published: 26 October 2020
Texas prepares to send 1,000 troops to five major cities, DC boards up its stores and Washington state puts the National Guard on alert as the US braces for post-election violence
* The Texas Guard said troops would be sent to Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio
* Maj. Gen. James K. Brown of the Guard, said the move would offer support to local law enforcement 'as we did previously to deter any civil disturbance at sites in various cities within Texas'
* In the nation's capital businesses close to the White House began to board up their windows Monday
* Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills will also board up ahead of November 3 in anticipation of violence there
* In Washington state up to 300 National Guard soldiers are undergoing training to to handle civil unrest
* NYC has similar plans in place, as the NYPD is training every day and deploying hundreds of extra cops
* FBI and local officials in several states have also been conducting drills and running through worse-case scenarios to improve coordination on reports of violence and voter intimidation ahead of the election
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