“The Department is fully activated, therefore there will be a visible increase of members across all seven districts,” said department spokewoman Kristen Metzger. “As with all First Amendment demonstrations, MPD will be monitoring and assessing the activities and planning accordingly with our local and federal law enforcement partners. I am unable to discuss any additional tactical operations.”
City officials said Monday they have requested National Guard assistance following the outcome of Mr. Chauvin’s trial. On Monday evening, the D.C. National Guard announced it is activating about 250 staff to support local law enforcement as needed until May 9.
The Guardsmen were asked to assist police with street closures at multiple intersections to help keep pedestrian areas safe.
Stop the attacks on working journalists Despite restraining order, apologies, reporters and photographers are too often targeted.
By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune April 19, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Journalists sometimes have to put themselves in harm s way to do their jobs. But when that harm comes from law enforcement officers who have been showed proper credentials, when it is deliberate and intentional, it is unconscionable and unacceptable.
On Friday a judge issued a temporary order barring law enforcement in Minnesota from using physical force or chemical agents against journalists, or from seizing equipment journalists need to do their jobs, including their press credentials. Within hours of that order, however, journalists covering a Friday night protest in Brooklyn Center were rounded up and forced by officers to lie on the ground on their stomachs. They were released only after having their
Maxine Waters history of defending violence: Democrat called the deadly 1992 LA riots a rebellion and told her supporters to confront Trump cabinet members in the street
Maxine Waters was in Minnesota Saturday evening, saying demonstrators need to get more active, more confrontational in rioting during Derek Chauvin trial
Republicans claim Waters is inciting violence with this rhetoric
The California Democratic representative has a history of defending violence
In 1992 she called the LA Riots a rebellion and said she wouldn t tell people to go inside, to be peaceful, that they have to accept the verdict
In June 2018, she called for supporters to publicly confront Trump officials
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Derek Chauvin verdict
Updated 8:41 AM;
Today 8:41 AM
National Guard members are seen through fencing and wire near the Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis on Monday, April 19, 2021, after the murder trial against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin advanced to jury deliberations. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)AP
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out front, watching the street. A handful of other soldiers were scattered nearby, along with four camouflaged Humvees and a couple police cars.