One-thousand National Guard members have been activated amid the coronavirus pandemic and national protests. Charlie Baker's order was a reaction to Jacob Blake's shooting, though a statement from the governor's office doesn't indicate a specific reason. "National Guard personnel are deployed only at the request of, and in coordination with, the communities seeking support," state officials emphasized. More demonstrations are planned for Sunday at the State House in Boston over a Massachusetts order requiring all students to get flu vaccinations before they return to school, according to the Herald. George Floyd, who was Black, died in May in Minneapolis while in police custody after a White officer trying to arrest him held a knee to Floyd's neck for nine minutes.

Source: Fox News August 29, 2020 21:11 UTC