Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota amid escalating riots and violence.<\/b>
\nOn Thursday morning, President Donald Trump warned that he could invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military to Minneapolis. The warning came as demonstrations escalated following the Wednesday evening shooting of a man by federal agents and last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Good, the anti-ICE protester who attempted to run over an agent with her vehicle. Trump blamed corrupt politicians in Minnesota for doing nothing to stop the violence, which has included rioting, looting federal vehicles, and the continued obstruction and assault of federal officers.
\u201cIf the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don\u2019t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump\u2019s threat came hours after federal officers shot a man in the leg during a confrontation in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening.
The Department of Homeland Security said the shooting was self-defense, claiming the officer was \u201cviolently assaulted\u201d by the wounded man and two others who attacked him.
DHS pointed fingers directly at Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, blaming their rhetoric for creating a hostile environment for federal agents. DHS claimed officers are facing a 1,300% spike in assaults while trying to arrest \u201ccriminals and lawbreakers.\u201d
The Department of Homeland Security said in a post on X that the most recent officer-involved shooting, which unfolded just before 7 p.m. in Minneapolis, occurred during \u201ca targeted traffic stop\u201d of \u201can illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by Joe Biden in 2022.\u201d
The suspect tried to escape arrest by fleeing in his vehicle and crashing into a parked car before fleeing on foot. An officer caught up to him and attempted to make the arrest, but the suspect \u201cbegan to resist and violently assault the officer.\u201d The situation escalated when two additional individuals emerged from a nearby apartment and \u201calso attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle.\u201d
As the officer was \u201cambushed and attacked by the two individuals,\u201d DHS says the original suspect broke free and joined in the scuffle, striking the officer with a shovel or broomstick. \u201cFearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals,\u201d the officer fired a single defensive shot, striking the suspect in the leg.
All three attackers fled back into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside. DHS says both the officer and the wounded suspect were taken to the hospital, and that \u201cboth attackers are in custody.\u201d
The department placed blame squarely on Minnesota\u2019s political leadership, saying the attack occurred while Walz and Frey were \u201cactively encouraging an organized resistance to ICE and federal law enforcement officers.\u201d DHS condemned what it called their \u201chateful rhetoric,\u201d warning it must end as federal officers face \u201ca 1,300% increase in assaults against them\u201d while they enforce the law.<\/p>\n