President Trump signed a memo Monday sending the National Guard to Memphis , and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said this city needs to be ready if the same happens here.

At a town hall Tuesday night at Salt and Light Church in Southwest Philadelphia, Krasner urged residents to prepare for the possibility of troops in the city.

"We need you to lead an effort to resist an effort to overthrow the government of the United States," Krasner told the crowd.

He encouraged people to document any potential Guard activity with their phones.

"There are some people who like to erase history," he said. "We want to record it."

A legal expert at the meeting, Kate Shaw, noted the Posse Comitatus Act bars the military from enforcing local law without a governor's approval. Pennsylva

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