"The Minnesota National Guard, State Patrol, and local police are on the ground responding to incidents in Mpls-St. Paul," Gov. Nevertheless, chaotic demonstrations continued Friday night, hours after a fired city police officer was charged in Monday's death of George Floyd. Tim Walz, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced the unprecedented measures Friday morning. Businesses across the Twin Cities region boarded up in an effort to prevent vandalism and looting. On Thursday, he suggested that rioters could be shot, tweeting that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."

Source: Fox News May 30, 2020 05:15 UTC