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alp227

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13. Republican legislative leaders are complaining that the guard was called too late
Sat May 30, 2020, 02:19 PM
May 2020
The Star Tribune reported on Friday:

“Above all else, this is a failure in leadership, and that leadership rests on Gov. Walz’s shoulders. The governor cannot blame the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul,” said GOP Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka. He said Walz should have called in the National Guard right away and a couple of thousand guard members should have been activated, instead of hundreds. Gazelka also said he believes there needs to be more proactive arrests of people committing crimes, and a curfew should have been in place by Thursday.

Walz said that Thursday night he was following a process of waiting for Minneapolis leaders to request assistance before sending in the National Guard. “We were staying in the lane that we were asked to support this,” he said. But after watching the situation deteriorate around the Third Precinct, he said the decision was made shortly after midnight to move in. Soldiers arrived around 3:45 a.m. — by which time it had long been on fire.

Gazelka said Walz should not be asking others for a plan. “It was obvious that the Minneapolis mayor was in over his head. And I think that’s where the governor needed to respond with emergency powers and commander-in-chief over our National Guard — the National Guard was simply waiting for a plan of action,” Gazelka said.


Gov. Walz called the Guard on Thursday, after the protests escalated into arson and looting on Wednesday. How does that turnaround time compare to past deployments of state national guards?

- August 14, 2016: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) activated the National Guard one day after rioting began in Milwaukee over a police shooting.

- April 27, 2015: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) activated the National Guard two days after violence began to escalate over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

- August 18, 2014: After nearly a week of violent clashes between protesters and police in Ferguson following the police shooting of Michael Brown, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) activated the National Guard, following a curfew that began effective August 16.

- April 30, 1992: Just hours following the acquittal of the police officers who beat Rodney King, California Gov. Pete Wilson (R) activated the National Guard at the request of L.A. mayor Tom Bradley (D).
Since it is a full terrorist attack by right wing paramilitary thugs Warpy May 2020 #1
Assuming or know. I have only just started reading the news. LizBeth May 2020 #3
At his morning press conference he highlighted that outside agitators sarisataka May 2020 #6
Yes, he finally did Warpy May 2020 #16
sorry but at news conference late last night chillfactor May 2020 #14
It is not honoring. It is another black murdered by white, on film. Another after many others. LizBeth May 2020 #2
So let the city burn? sarisataka May 2020 #7
I have to say with this easy quip, you spent little time considering. LizBeth May 2020 #8
I have considered quite a bit sarisataka May 2020 #10
At least your friends weren't chocked for eight minutes until dead. LanternWaste May 2020 #22
No, no one prevented their forward movement for eight minutes sarisataka May 2020 #23
well said, sarisataka Skittles May 2020 #24
You got it. I'm afraid you got it right. jaxexpat May 2020 #17
Apparently the white way, and he's falling right into it. PatrickforO May 2020 #4
If you watch local media sarisataka May 2020 #9
However good this gov's intentions MF45'll use this tactic across Democratic states to fuck them up. ancianita May 2020 #5
So out of curiosity, how many of these 13,000 members are proficiently trained in riot control? Massacure May 2020 #11
Not all of them, for sure sarisataka May 2020 #12
Republican legislative leaders are complaining that the guard was called too late alp227 May 2020 #13
What's Wrong With The FBI? DallasNE May 2020 #15
They don't so much infiltrate these days..... jaxexpat May 2020 #18
EXACTLY. What IS wrong with the FBI. It's mission is SUPPOSED to be THREAT ASSESSMENT. ancianita May 2020 #19
I've googled around and can find nothing since the Ferguson days. All info in years old. ancianita May 2020 #20
Better him do it than Trump LiberalArkie May 2020 #21
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