MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A newsletter sent out Friday by Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy states he does not support bringing in the National Guard to Memphis.

“Let me be clear: I don’t support bringing the Guard in. We should welcome federal help, but it should be the right kind of help. I prefer it be entirely federal law enforcement agents trained in civilian law enforcement, not military troops who aren’t. It’s also a short-term fix, when we need a long-term solution that will last after the cameras leave,” said Mulroy.

He said right now, there are still more questions than answers about how the Guard deployment will go.

“Federal law (the “Posse Comitatus Act”) bans the use of the military to do regular law enforcement. The law has exceptions, though, and one of them is

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