Trump warns of invoking Insurrection Act over Minnesota protests

\r\r\rFinancial News New York City = Correspondent Lee Byung-chulU.S. President Donald Trump has suggested deploying military forces by openly raising the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 in response to growing protests against immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Trump warned, "If they do not stop the 'rioters' and 'agitators' attacking ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents, I will invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807."
In recent days, a large number of immigration enforcement agents have been deployed in Minneapolis, sharply heightening tensions in the local community. The Trump administration has already stationed about 3,000 federal agents in the area, and they are reportedly deployed downtown wearing military-style camouflage uniforms and face-covering masks, and carrying firearms.
On the 15th (local time), Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social, "If the corrupt politicians in Minnesota do not uphold the law and fail to stop the professional agitators and rioters who are attacking ICE 'patriots,' I will invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807." Trump has been relentlessly criticizing the Democratic leadership in Minnesota and has reportedly referred to the local Somali community as "garbage."
Locally, backlash has been mounting as a series of shootings have occurred during ICE operations. Protests intensified after an ICE agent fatally shot U.S. citizen Renee Good, who was inside a vehicle, on the 8th, and in some cases demonstrators have repeatedly staged heated scenes, blowing whistles and shaking tambourines in protest. The protests appear to be spreading beyond Minneapolis to other cities.
Trump’s warning came just hours after authorities disclosed that an immigration enforcement agent in Minneapolis had shot a Venezuelan man who was fleeing to avoid a traffic stop.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed that in the shooting incident that occurred on Wednesday, a federal agent engaged in a physical struggle with a Venezuelan man who was in the country illegally and was attacked with a broom and a snow shovel.
The Insurrection Act of 1807 authorizes the president to deploy military forces or place state National Guard units under federal command for the purpose of suppressing insurrections. It is regarded as an exception to the general principle that restricts the military from involvement in civil and criminal law enforcement.
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pride@fnnews.com Correspondent Lee Byung-chul Reporter