Frey says Walz hesitated to deploy National Guard during Minneapolis riots

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - Frey says Walz hesitated to deploy National Guard during Minneapolis riots: In an interview Monday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said that [Gov. Tim Walz hesitated to send in the National Guard]( to quell the growing violence and then blamed him for allowing the city to burn. Texts and e-mails obtained from Minneapolis by the Star Tribune through public records requests show the city was trying to give Walz and the state Department of Public Safety what they said they needed to move forward. State officials, meanwhile, said the city did not provide the detailed information they needed to deploy the Guard until the next day. 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