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In 1992 [[President George H.W. Bush]] characterized the riots in [[Los Angeles]] over the beating of Rodney King as mob-like:  

In 1992 [[President George H.W. Bush]] characterized the riots in [[Los Angeles]] over the beating of Rodney King as mob-like:  

{{quotebox|“What we saw last night and the night before in Los Angeles is not about civil rights. . . . It’s not a message of protest. It’s been the brutality of a mob, pure and simple.”}}

{{quotebox-float|“What we saw last night and the night before in Los Angeles is not about civil rights. . . . It’s not a message of protest. It’s been the brutality of a mob, pure and simple.”}}

As commander in chief, Bush ordered 4,500 [[Marine]] combat troops into the city to quell the [[violence]]. And he added of the order, {{quotebox|“[[Federal]] effort will not be driven by mob violence, but by respect for [[due process]] and [[law]].”}}

As commander in chief, Bush ordered 4,500 [[Marine]] combat troops into the city to quell the [[violence]]. And he added of the order, {{quotebox-float|“[[Federal]] effort will not be driven by mob violence, but by respect for [[due process]] and [[law]].”}}

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At the time of the 1992 riots, Bush’s chairman of the joint chiefs, who oversaw the dispatch of the federal Marines into Los Angeles, was General Colin Powell. Powell, who now criticized Trump for even considering the use federal troops, reportedly told Bush of his request for federal troops to quell a domestic disturbance, “All you’ve got to do is say it.”

At the time of the 1992 riots, Bush’s chairman of the joint chiefs, who oversaw the dispatch of the federal Marines into Los Angeles, was General Colin Powell. Powell, who now criticized Trump for even considering the use federal troops, reportedly told Bush of his request for federal troops to quell a domestic disturbance, “All you’ve got to do is say it.”