Breaking: Gov Walz calls up National Guard

Take note of what the National Guard is being tasked with (bolded by me):

The Department of Public Safety in Minnesota says the National Guard has been mobilized and is staging to support local law enforcement.

DPS clarified that the National Guard was not being deployed to city streets, but said it was ready to help support public safety, including the “protection of life, preservation of property, and supporting the rights of all who assemble peacefully.”

According to the DPS, the mobilization was at the direction of Governor Tim Walz.

I’m worried but have some faith since Gov Walz is retired National Guard and likely on top of how to handle this. And the fact that the statement says “supporting the rights of all who assemble peacefully” gives me some hope. 

I would bet he felt he had no choice but to call them up given that there are more than twice as many ICE agents in the Twin Cities area (according to various people on MSNOW) than there are police. The Minneapolis Police Chief talked about this in an interview with the NY Times and how he simply doesn’t have enough officers to deal with the chaos ICE is causing in his city.