Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests [View all]
Source: CNN Politics
Updated Jan 17, 2026, 2:18 PM ET
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2026, 6:30 AM ET
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has mobilized the state National Guard to support the Minnesota State Patrol, Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya, state public affairs officer for the Minnesota National Guard, said in a statement Saturday. “We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time,” Tsuchiya added.
The mobilization comes after throngs of demonstrators protested in the snow Friday night near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in the Minneapolis area.
“Stay safe and stay peaceful today,” Walz urged the public in a social media post Saturday. “Our public safety team has the resources, coordination, and personnel on the ground to maintain public safety and respond if needed. Thanks to local law enforcement for keeping the peace.”
CNN has reached out to Walz’s office, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety and the Department of Homeland Security for additional information about the mobilization. State and local officials in the Twin Cities are bracing for another day of protests in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer earlier this month.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/17/us/ice-shooting-minneapolis-protests-renee-good-hnk
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