This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Two protests, two missions: Milwaukee police seek raises, local civil rights groups oppose National Guard deployment David Clarey of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed.

For years, Snopes has fact-checked claims involving the Guard — including rumors surrounding Trump's threats to deploy troops in several cities.

President Trump suggests New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime.

“We haven’t gotten critically low on morale, but we’re falling fast,” said one soldier who, like others quoted in this story, spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak to the media and feared reprisal.

National Guard members deployed to Washington, DC, by President Donald Trump are scrubbing streets and collecting trash.