Faced with a fifth straight night of protests over the death of George Floyd, Gov. Tim Walz says he's fully mobilizing the state's National Guard — 'an action that has never been taken in [the guard's] 164-year history.'
A National Guard vehicle reflects a crowd of protesters Friday in Minneapolis, where Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen said a previous deployment"was not enough" to handle a fourth straight night of massive protests over the death of George Floyd.A National Guard vehicle reflects a crowd of protesters Friday in Minneapolis, where Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen said a previous deployment"was not enough" to handle a fourth straight night of massive protests over the death of George Floyd.
"We understand the work that we need to do and the generational pain that went into what happened with George Floyd and that murder," the governor said Saturday. "But at this point in time, nothing we do to address those inequities, nothing we do to provide justice to George Floyd and his family that I spoke with last evening — none of those things matter to any of these people who are out there firing upon National Guard, burning businesses of our communities and making intent on disrupting any semblance of civil life."
The Pentagon has also placed as many as 800 members of the military police on prepare-to-deploy orders, a U.S. official confirmed to NPR. The officers would be available to assist with logistics, analysis or surveillance if requested by the governor. More than 1,000 additional Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen are activating today. This is in addition to the 700 that were on duty as of late last night. This represents the largest domestic deployment in the Minnesota’s National Guard’s 164-year history.
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