A coalition of progressive groups says Gov. Mike DeWine was wrong to deploy 150 Ohio National Guard members to Washington D.C. The troops are joining guardsmembers from five other Republican-run states in response to what President Trump has called a crime emergency in the nation’s capital.

The American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause Ohio and the Ohio Council of Churches oppose DeWine’s decision to send the guard to D.C., where violent crime is at a 30-year low but Trump claims it’s out of control. About two dozen members of those groups and others gathered at the Statehouse Wednesday.

Retired Judge Advocate General Colonel Adam Miller served in the U.S. Army for 29 years, including two combat tours in Afghanistan. He’s a Democratic former state rep now running for Congress.

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