President Trump this morning threatened to use the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after a federal agent shot a man in the leg after over an alleged attack on the agent.
Witnesses say a series of gunshots followed a car chase and foot chase involving federal agents Wednesday evening in north Minneapolis. Federal and local authorities said a man was shot in the leg after an agent was attacked with a snow shovel and broom.
For several hours Wednesday evening, law enforcement and a couple hundred demonstrators confronted each other in the street with chemical irritants and flash bangs being deployed, and some protesters vandalizing vehicles at the end of the night.
The shooting reignited tensions between protesters and law enforcement a week after Minneapolis resident Renee Good was shot and killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross.
Not long before reports of the shooting, Gov. Tim Walz told the Trump administration to “end this occupation” during a live address about the continued surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota. Walz also called on Minnesotans to protest peacefully and record federal agents with their phones.
The Department of Homeland Security chastised Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for “actively encouraging an organized resistance to ICE and federal law enforcement officers.”
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