Demonstraters all across America continue to protest five days after the death of a man in police custody, though the State of Minnesota is looking to regain control in Minneapolis.
George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed on Monday when a police officer kneeled on his neck and refused to get off. His death sparked action all over the country, with the most protests taking place in the state of 10,000 lakes.
With numerous businesses and buildings being burned down by looters during the chaos, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has authorized "full mobilization" of the state's National Guard.
This is the first time in the state's 164-year history that the National Guard has been called in.
"I am authorizing and talking to General Jensen, to full mobilize the Minnesota National Guard, an action that has never been taken in our 164-year history of the Minnesota National Guard," said Walz. "We will pull in assests as we have been doing."
"For those Minnesotans wondering, 'where are the fire trucks? where are the police that are out there?' The situation was so broad, and the tactics were so bent on causing destruction, that every single person we had mobilized, again the largest in state history last evening, was engaged in that."
Walz made sure to commend the work of Minneapolis and St Paul mayors Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter, noting no City worker could de-escalate what was happening in the state.
"Just to be very clear as you witness this, whether it be New York, or Denver, or Louisville, or Las Vegas, there is no mayor in America that has the resources to push back on an organized attempt to destabilize civil society with no regard for life or property."
Walz hopes to have the National Guard in Minneapolis by this afternoon.
