President Donald Trump has again threatened to invoke a rarely used 19th Century law, this time to deploy the military to Minneapolis, Minnesota where thousands continue to protest against the large presence of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
The demonstrations have intensified after an ICE officer fatally shot a protester, Renee Good, in her car last week. This week, federal law enforcement shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis in a move federal officials say was self defence.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that “if the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT”.
Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an ANGRY crowd that tried to block their vehicles in a Somali neighborhood in Minnesota.
I'm all for using pepper spray to disperse an angry, violent mob.
How about you??
pic.twitter.com/ojdRgTyoEk— Mila Joy (@Milajoy) December 31, 2025
I’m about to sign up to be an ICE agent just so I can pepper spray these fools lmao I’d be just like this 😂⚡️❤️🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/rH1D06dggT
— Based_Blondie (@Based_BLONDIE) January 10, 2026
