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Finding our civilian Mayor’s plea for National Guard support ‘informal’, our Governor, a 24 yr Guardsman and retired National Guard Command Sergeant Major,
did not tell him how to request emergency aid Newsweek 8.4.2020...
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Having disagreed internally and publicly on the validity of Mayor Frey and Chief Arradondo’s urgent request for National Guard support,
why no one in the Governor’s office or on his staff, nor in the Mayor’s office or on his staff, ever checked the DPS Disaster Management Handbook or MN National Guard Domestic Operations Handbook...
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Office of Emergency Management Director Barrett Lane – responsible for Emergency coordination of local, city, county and state forces – was invisible throughout, i.e., ‘minimally engaged in management’, per
Office of Emergency Management Director Barrett Lane – responsible for Emergency coordination of local, city, county and state forces – was invisible throughout, i.e., ‘minimally engaged in management’, per the $229,490 Hillard Heintze report....
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Nothing prevented the Governor, as Commander in Chief, from activating the Guard (State Statute 12.31, subd 2).
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2022/cite/12.31?keyword_type=all&keyword=Declaration+of+peacetime+emergency....
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While watching the Twin Cities burn, and repeatedly asked point blank for National Guard support before the growing calamity spun out of MPD, MFD, SPPD, and State Patrol’s ability to restore public safety,
our most empowered Executive Servant, Governor Walz, and his appointee, Commissioner Harrington, failed for 54 hours to act....
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Wed May 27, 7:38p: The Call
From General Jensen’s and Commissioner Harrington’s Senate testimonies, The State’s Role in Responding to Riots at “about 7:38p” – as residents braced for one of the most violent nights in city history – Commissioner...
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Under Senate questioning, both Harrington and Jensen described The Call Their testimony did not jibe.
Harrington: when (the violence) of Tues night had not ended by Wed morning he called Jensen Wed night at 7:38p: ‘I think we’re gonna need you sooner than later’ Jensen: Harrington called ‘looking into...
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The Call lasted “five minutes”, and
From General Jensen’s Senate Testimony The Call lasted “five minutes“ Despite ‘not knowing exact particulars/having any tasks’, and Despite his concerns that ‘200 Military Police might’ve been too many… we just didn’t know’,...
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