00:005.7 million Minnesotans at risk as National Guard deployed to stem violent riots.
00:06Minnesota National Guard members in yellow vest stood by as 3,000 federal immigration agents
00:12saturated Minneapolis streets, outnumbering the city's entire 800 officer police force
00:17in America's largest immigration enforcement operation.
00:22Governor Tim Walz mobilized the Guard following the January 7th fatal shooting of U.S. citizen
00:27Renee Good. The Pentagon placed 1,500 soldiers on standby after Trump threatened to invoke the
00:34Insurrection Act, while the Justice Department served subpoenas to state officials. The Trump
00:39administration characterized Good as a domestic terrorist, but Judge Catherine Menendez found
00:45this difficult to believe. The New York Times investigation showed no evidence the agent was
00:51run over. The FBI refused to investigate Agent Jonathan Ross, while prosecutors instead targeted
00:57Good's widow and activist networks. Six federal prosecutors, including U.S. Attorney Joseph
01:03H. Thompson, resigned, rather than implement directives they found unconscionable.
01:09Former prosecutor Ellie Honig declared,
01:11DOJ has lost its mind. Public officials making political speech that causes protests is not
01:17obstruction of justice. Harry Lippman called the investigation a complete non-start.
01:22President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military against protesters. The
01:29Pentagon placed 1,500 soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division on standby, the first such threat
01:36since the 1992 L.A. riots. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer previously ruled a similar deployment
01:44illegal, finding no rebellion existed. Minnesota has experienced largely peaceful protests,
01:50with local police maintaining control, and Governor Walz declining federal military assistance.
01:56Somali-owned businesses in Carmel Mall reported revenue decreases of 50 to 80 percent.
02:02Bashir Ghirad lost almost all customers as U.S. citizens feared traveling. A bakery employee
02:08noted afternoon customers dropped from 15 to 20 to nearly zero. The administration justified the
02:14operation through Minnesota's $1 billion feeding-our-future fraud case involving Somali-Americans.
02:21President Trump repeatedly called Somalis garbage, while Mayor Frey compared it to blaming all Jews
02:27for Madoff's crimes. The administration appealed Judge Menendez's restrictions, while Minnesota's
02:33lawsuit proceeds through federal court. Legal observers predict indictments of state officials
02:38could come within 30 to 60 days despite constitutional vulnerabilities.
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