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‘Now there’s a stampede’: Chaotic scenes emerge amid evacuation order at Trump’s fair
Patriotism as Crowd Control FailureThe Source MaterialA severe weather warning forced officials to evacuate the Great American State Fair and “Salute to America” event on the National Mall. The Secret Service suspended screenings and told attendees to shelter immediately. Some people complied; several hundred did not. Journalists captured the resulting disorder, and the crowd reportedly only cleared once the National Guard showed up.Who Had PowerThe actual institutional power sat with the Secret Service, local law enforcement, and ultimately the National Guard. They made the evacuation call…
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