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What happens when democracies use military force to occupy their own territory?

By Scott Detrow,
Sarah Handel, Henry Larson
Published September 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM CDT

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Robert A. Pape of the University of Chicago about what happens when democracies use military force to occupy their own territory. Weeks of talk of sending federal troops into Chicago has set the city on edge.

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Scott Detrow
Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
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Sarah Handel
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