MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Protesters are defying curfew orders in Minneapolis early Saturday morning, and firefighters are trying to put out several business and brush fires throughout the city during the fourth night of unrest after the death of George Floyd.
Gov. Tim Walz addressed the media at about 1:30 a.m. at the State Emergency Operations Center about the growing danger.
“This is not grieving, and this is not making a statement … this is life-threatening, dangerous to the most well-qualified forces to deal with this,” Walz said. “This is not about George’s death. This is about chaos being caused.”
Walz said the largest civilian deployment in the state’s history is underway — three times the size of what was in place during the race riots of the 1960s. Gen. Jon Jensen, head of the Minnesota National Guard, said 1,700 soldiers are prepared to be in Minneapolis Saturday.
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