The National Guard on Wednesday was mobilized in a bid to quell potential unrest after former officer Derek Chauvin was released from jail months after he was indicted for second-degree murder in George Floyd’s death.
The Guard was deployed after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz approved the move and was requested by the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey. Earlier this year, rioters and looters did hundreds of millions of dollars in damages following Floyd’s death.
