Ryan Raiche & Joe Augustine Created: December 17, 2020 07:11 PM
From testing for COVID-19, to treating patients with bedsores in staff-depleted nursing homes, to backing up police as riots escalated in the Twin Cities, it has been a record-setting year for the Minnesota National Guard.
Gov. Tim Walz has called on the guard for help at an unrelenting pace this year, including the largest domestic deployment in the guard’s history after the death of George Floyd last May.
And as 5 INVESTIGATES first reported on Wednesday night, the guard is now preparing for another potentially massive deployment early next year in anticipation of civil unrest during the trial of the four Minneapolis Police Officers charged in connection to Floyd’s death.
Ryan Raiche and Joe Augustine Updated: December 16, 2020 10:30 PM Created: December 16, 2020 08:09 PM
The Minnesota National Guard is preparing for a potentially massive and indefinite deployment early next year, during the high-profile trial of the four former Minneapolis police officers tied to the death of George Floyd, according to an internal plan obtained by 5 INVESTIGATES.
The 12-page warning order called Operation Safety Net outlines in great detail how the guard will respond to anticipated civil unrest before, during and after the trial of Derek Chauvin, J Alexander Keung, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.
The worst-case scenario calls for all available guard forces in the state to be activated for an indefinite period of time.