According to the agency, soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drama in New York received orders to be ready for deployment within four hours.

Soldiers from Fort Carson in Colorado and Fort Riley in Kansas should be ready to deploy within 24 hours, the report emphasizes.

According to the source, units will be deployed in accordance with the 1807 Uprising Act. The last time he was involved in 1992 during the riots in Los Angeles.

It is noted that the order came after US President Donald Trump asked Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to present options for resolving the situation in the city. 

Pentagon takes rare step of putting military police on alert to go to Minneapolis, where protests continue after the police killing of George Floyd. https://t.co/DzZA2aKwnP

- The Associated Press (@AP) May 30, 2020

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey previously announced a curfew in the city.

In connection with the situation, the authorities introduced an emergency mode in the city, and Governor Tim Wals decided to attract the US National Guard to maintain order.

The protests began after May 25, 46-year-old local resident George Floyd, who was detained by police officers, died in a hospital.