Pentagon Readies 1,500 U.S. Troops For Possible Deployment To Minneapolis

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Pentagon Readies 1,500 U.S. Troops For Possible Deployment To Minneapolis

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By Cullen McCue
January 18, 2026

The Pentagon has placed 1,500 active-duty U.S. soldiers on standby for potential deployment to Minneapolis amid days of sustained unrest and escalating violence.

Anti-ICE protests and outright disruptions have taken place for months in the nation’s Democrat-controlled cities, though the unrest escalated following the shooting of Renee Nicole Good on January 7. Good, a Minneapolis resident and local “ICE Watch” agitator, was shot and killed after accelerating towards an agent who was standing directly in front of her vehicle.

Despite multiple angles of the shooting confirming the agent was struck before opening fire, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz have urged protesters to take to the streets and have claimed the agent had no right to self-defense. The demonstrations have turned violent on more than one occasion and have resulted in several arrests of violent agitators.

In one notable example, a mob of rioters looted an FBI vehicle and stole a rifle following the shooting of a Venezuelan illegal alien who ambushed an agent with a shovel. The illegal alien was shot in the leg and was taken into custody, while federal authorities arrested a Latin Kings gang member and several other rioters in connection with the theft of the rifle.

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[Fishrrman]

1,500 ain't gonna be enough.

[AL]

Agree.  5,000 or more regular Army with air support.  Take all illegals as prisoners and fly them to Gitmo and let Cuba deal with them.  Freeze all politicians bank accounts.