Gov. Tim Walz has "mobilized" the Minnesota National Guard as protests continue to roil the state. Officials said troops have not been deployed but are on standby.

As protests in Minnesota continue amid ongoing tension between demonstrators and federal agents in the area, Gov. Tim Walz and local safety officials announced Jan. 17 that the Minnesota National Guard has been “mobilized” and is on standby if needed.

In a Facebook post Jan. 17, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said that at “Gov. Walz’s direction,” the Minnesota National Guard was mobilized and was “staging to support local law enforcement and emergency management agencies.”

The department further clarified in the post that troops had not been deployed.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 hours ago

    Honestly have no idea how that would work out legally.

    Closest thing I can think of is Governor Wallace’s stand at the schoolhouse door, when Kennedy called in the national guard to escort a black child to class after integration and for all the theatrics, there was no violence. (And if a state/federal confrontation can achieve that in this case, I think that’s the best case scenario.)

    I’m sure others in this sub-lemmy know way more.