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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    1 day ago

    The difference is that in China, people are generally getting a good standard of living with their authoritarianism. If Donald were giving us prosperity along with his Gestapo, his poll numbers would be sky high.

    Here in the US, they’re getting poverty. (Morally though, you’re right, we’re as bad as they are.)