A small group of aldermen have said they want the troops to be used to stop violent crime, which has surged this summer.

Four Chicago aldermen have filed notice to force a special meeting of the City Council later this week to address looting and call for the National Guard to be deployed.

In preparation for tonight's #ChicagoProtests which is taking place a block over from the CPD training academy. https://t.co/ytld8RmPbd

#ChicagoScanner Protestors have assembled in front of @chicagosmayor’s house BUT … (read @RLopez15thWard’s tweet) https://t.co/lGk5zwRg2f https://t.co/z6uQHuyipc

Yesterday was an incredibly intense and violent day in Portland. A far right gathering of white nationalists, MAGA chuds, fascists, proud boys, outright nazis, and "blue" lives matter supporters (with lots of overlap between most of those descriptors) came…

Trigger warning: They straight up just murdered another Black man today in Kenosha, WI. https://t.co/mWL5WItWnY

Protesting currently going on : https://t.co/3nWQZYVxGr

Officers pummeled with bricks in #Kenosha, at least one Molotov cocktail thrown at police, cruisers smashed, after police shot 29 year old Jacob Blake in the back. Point blank. https://t.co/KnnWBT68Gm