Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has mobilized the state National Guard to support the Minnesota State Patrol, Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya, state public affairs officer for the Minnesota National Guard, said in a statement Saturday.

“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time,” Tsuchiya added.

The mobilization comes after throngs of demonstrators protested in the snow Friday night near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in the Minneapolis area.