‘Light ‘em up!’: Police shoot paintballs at Minneapolis residents standing on their porch

Governor of Minnesota says almost 11,000 National Guard members will be deployed in city

Police officers and National Guard forces in Minneapolis shot paintballs at residents standing outside on their porch, as a curfew was enforced throughout the city.

A video posted on Twitter on Saturday night appears to show the Minnesota National Guard and state police ordering the residents of one street to go inside, before they turn their weapons on a group of residents.

The footage captures people rushing inside the property after shots are fired and shows where one member of the public has been hit by a paintball.

Armed officers can be heard shouting “light ‘em up” before the shots start. <Source>

Tim Walz Deployed National Guard to Shoot at Residents to Enforce Curfew

These people weren't rioting or committing any crimes; they were sitting on their own porch like any free American ought to be able to do. And they were shot at.

Walz, who is already under fire for allowing the George Floyd riots and destruction and killing to go on too long before finally doing something about it, was more concerned about law-abiding citizens doing nothing wrong. <Source>

Controversial social media posts reportedly sent by Hope Walz, daughter of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, have resurfaced after her father was named as Democrat Kamala Harris' vice presidential pick.

Amid the May 2020 riots following George Floyd's killing by a Minneapolis police officer, Hope Walz, then 19, published three posts from a now-deleted account that conservatives took to task due to perceived revelations about National Guard troops movements.

On May 30, 2020, Walz's daughter, now 23, reportedly reposted and responded to an account on X, formerly Twitter, that urged all protesters to "GET OUT NOW" because the National Guard and SWAT were allegedly on their way to the scene of the Minneapolis riots. In the post thread, she insisted to protesters that the National Guard "WILL NOT be present tonight."