The Minnesota National Guard has been caught handing out coffee and donuts to anti-ICE mobs after being deployed to the state, raising serious questions about whose side state authorities are on as federal law enforcement faces escalating violence.
Instead of maintaining order or protecting federal property from the lawless mobs that have besieged Minneapolis, Guard troops are now appearing to cater to the very protesters disrupting immigration enforcement operations.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated the National Guard weeks ago as protests surged following intensified federal immigration operations in the Twin Cities.
But according to reports out of Minnesota, Guard members have been stationed at a federal facility not to hold the line — but to ensure anti-ICE protesters stay warm, fed, and comfortable.
Video footage shows guardsmen wearing yellow reflective vests handing out donuts and coffee from the back of a vehicle.
One National Guard member told WCCO-TV the gesture was a “demonstration of safety and security.”
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Earlier this month, the Minnesota National Guard posted on X that if troops were deployed to the Twin Cities, they would wear reflective vests “to help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms.”
Comes After Border Patrol Shooting
The footage surfaced one day after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old Alex J. Pretti, a Minneapolis anti-ICE activist, during a Department of Homeland Security operation in south Minneapolis over the weekend.
Federal officials said Pretti was armed and allegedly approached agents with a handgun, resisting efforts to disarm him before he was shot during a violent scuffle.
The incident has triggered fresh waves of protests and violent riots in the deep-blue city.
Pretti’s death followed another deadly incident just weeks earlier, when ICE officers fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good after she allegedly rammed a federal agent with her vehicle while blocking an immigration enforcement operation.
Democrats Fan the Flames
Following Good’s death, Democrat officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Jacob Frey, encouraged anti-ICE protests, triggering a federal probe into whether state and local leaders unlawfully impeded federal law enforcement operations.
After Pretti’s death, Walz escalated his rhetoric even further, calling on President Donald Trump to withdraw federal agents from the state.
Walz demanded Trump pull out “his 3,000 untrained agents” from Minnesota “before they kill another American in the street.”
President Trump responded Sunday, telling The Wall Street Journal that his administration is “reviewing everything” in the wake of the latest shooting.
Law Enforcement Undermined
As federal agents face growing hostility, violent confrontations, and political attacks, the image of the Minnesota National Guard serving refreshments to anti-ICE mobs has become a powerful symbol of how deeply state leadership appears aligned with activists, not law enforcement.
While DHS continues its investigation into the shootings, the message sent on the streets of Minneapolis is unmistakable as federal officers enforce the law, while the mob gets donuts.
The fallout from that message may only be beginning.
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