Overview
- Gov. Tim Walz directed the Minnesota National Guard to mobilize, with officials stressing members remain off city streets unless needed.
- Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobsen urged peaceful demonstrations and warned that violence, property damage, or threats to safety will not be tolerated.
- A federal judge ordered limits on how federal law enforcement may police the protests in Minneapolis.
- The Justice Department is investigating Gov. Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over an alleged effort to impede immigration enforcement, according to multiple reports.
- Protests continued at federal sites and downtown Minneapolis, including dueling rallies on Jan. 17, following a separate incident in which an ICE officer shot a man during an arrest operation and police later reported projectiles thrown at officers.