Overview
- State public safety officials said Guard units are mobilized and staging to support local agencies, not deployed, and would wear reflective vests if activated.
- Leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful during planned weekend marches as authorities prepared for counterprotests downtown.
- A federal judge limited ICE use of tear gas and pepper spray against non‑obstructing protesters and barred traffic stops targeting lawful demonstrators.
- The Justice Department is investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over an alleged effort to impede federal immigration enforcement.
- Protests continued Saturday with dueling rallies and limited scuffles reported by local authorities, while President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if violence escalates.