Mobilizing the National Guard Doesn’t Mean Your State Is Under Martial Law. Usually. – ProPublica Illinois

Brad Leighton, a lieutenant colonel and public affairs director of the Illinois guard, said, "The National Guard is designed to come in when all other resources are exhausted. We’re the first military responders, but we’re the last one when the civilian capacity has been exhausted completely."

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