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Pa. sending 500 more National Guard troops to Philadelphia area in a messy scramble | Maria Panaritis

George Floyd protests across the country means getting help securing Philadelphia amid protests and looting is harder to come by than usual.

A Pennsylvania National Guard caravan on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Officials said 500 were heading to the region Tuesday to join 1,000 already in the city and 100 in neighboring Delaware County to help with George Floyd protests.
A Pennsylvania National Guard caravan on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Officials said 500 were heading to the region Tuesday to join 1,000 already in the city and 100 in neighboring Delaware County to help with George Floyd protests.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer
    by Maria Panaritis | Columnist
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