BREAKING NEWS – Minneapolis. Minnesota – Mayor Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis Democrat who faced sharp criticism over his handling of the George Floyd riots in June, seemed to place much of the blame on Gov. Tim Walz, another Democrat, for failing to act quickly on early requests from the city for state intervention, a report said.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune published a detailed report that shed light on the interaction between the mayor’s office and Walz in the early days of the protest. The governor’s office made it clear that National Guard Troops were ready within 24 hours of the mayor’s informal request, but Frey seems to be unconvinced that the governor’s office took the unfolding crisis as serious as the moment demanded.
“We definitely had two different mindsets regarding Minneapolis,” Frey stated. “I have made it clear from the beginning that Governor Walz appears to want the entire city looted and burnt to the ground, whereas I was content with just half.”