Should the President of the United States have the power to deploy military troops in order to stop protests?

The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a U.S. federal law that empowers the President of the United States to deploy military and federalized National Guard troops when governors have lost control over their states and need federal help to restore order. The law states that governors must request help from federal troops. In May 2020 a series of protests and riots erupted in the U.S. after Minneapolis resident George Floyd was killed during a confrontation with the local police department. In June 2020 President Donald Trump stated that he would deploy the US Military if a “city or state ref…  uses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents.” Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden criticized the president's actions, and his threat to send in the military, in a Tuesday speech. Biden said that the U.S. was "not horses rising up on their hind legs to push back a peaceful protest. Not using the American military to move against the American people."