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Specifically, according to the plea agreement, the Home Depot at the location had to close temporarily “and had products stolen during the civil disorder, including cinder blocks that were thrown at law enforcement.”

Following an investigation, 24 city and district attorneys across the state filed a civil enforcement action.

The attorney representing him in the criminal case did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the civil suit.

He touted the move in August to create a “quick reaction force” to “quell civil disturbances” — a decree folded into his executive order expanding the D.C. troop deployment.

But according to AP, the agency will stop some grant making for local schools as well as civil rights investigations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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