Baton Rouge - Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré, whose mission during his Army service was to train and deploy the National Guard, spoke with WBRZ on Tuesday about what he expects if Gov. Jeff Landry's request for a National Guard deployment in three of Louisiana's biggest cities is granted.

"This is not normal, but our governor has asked for it," Honoré said. "The guard will be in the streets whenever it is approved by the president. It will be paid for by the government, so it will not be a burden on Louisiana taxpayers to pay for it," he said.

He explained the deployments by referencing how the National Guard was deployed after the New Year's Day terrorist attack in New Orleans.

"They will be working, I imagine, with local police and state police, and maybe out in the neig

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