US EditionTrump threatens to impose Insurrection Act, send troops into Minneapolis
- On Jan. 15, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in a Truth Social post to deploy U.S. military or federalize the National Guard in Minneapolis.
- Following the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good and a Jan. 14 shooting, protests spread across Minnesota and nationwide opposing ICE raids.
- On the ground, protesters set off fireworks and threw snowballs at agents, while at least 200 protesters gathered near the scene following Renee Good's shooting.
- Experts and civil-rights advocates warned deploying troops risks legal issues and escalating tensions, while Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche blamed state and local leaders for unrest.
- Historically, the Insurrection Act is over 200 years old, used at least 30 times in U.S. history, and experts warn invoking it challenges Posse Comitatus Act limits on military policing.
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America At The Brink: Minnesota, The Insurrection Act And The Rule Of Law - Miami Independent
If the rule of law is to mean anything it must be enforced everywhere. Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, Twitter, Youtube The United States of America is once again facing a constitutional and civil crisis, not on distant battlefields, but in the streets of Minnesota where violence has escalated and civil order has frayed. What began as protests tied to federal immigration enforcement has metastasized into…
Donald Trump said Friday, January 16, that he saw "no reason at the moment" to invoke the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to use the army as a police force, after having raised this threat the day before in front of demonstrations in Minnesota, in the northern United States.
OKLAHOMA VOICE: Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act and deploy military in Minnesota
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday morning to send the military into Minnesota to stop protests, following another shooting by immigration agents that injured one person, seven days after an agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis.
The President of the United States has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act following mass protests following the murder of a woman by ICE agents.
Trump warns Minnesota officials there’s a federal Insurrection Act * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn. President Donald Trump is warning officials in Minnesota, whose state is beset by race rioting amid a federal immigration law crackdown, that there is such a thing as a federal Insurrection Act. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from
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