National Guard in Minnesota hands out coffee, donuts to anti-ICE protesters

The Minnesota National Guard was seen handing retired java and donuts to anti-ICE protesters successful St. Paul connected Sunday.

Video captured guardsmen successful yellowish vests offering donuts and java retired the backmost of a vehicle. One National Guard subordinate told WCCO-TV that this was a "demonstration of information and security."

The Minnesota National Guard posted connected X earlier this period that if troops were deployed to the Twin Cities, they would deterioration reflective vests "to assistance separate them from different agencies successful akin uniforms."

The guardsmen successful the video were seen 1 time aft a Border Patrol cause changeable and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex J. Pretti after helium allegedly confronted officers during a Department of Homeland Security cognition successful southbound Minneapolis.

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Members of the Minnesota National Guard were seen handing retired java and donuts to anti-ICE protesters successful St. Paul connected Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (Anthony Cabassa via Storyful)

Federal officials initially claimed Pretti approached agents with a handgun and resisted disarmament.

Bystander video and eyewitness accounts circulating online raised questions astir that mentation of events and whether Pretti was threatening officers erstwhile helium was shot.

The National Guard, wearing yellowish vests, were seen successful St. Paul 1 time aft the fatal Border Patrol shooting of Minneapolis nonmigratory Alex Pretti. (Anthony Cabassa via Storyful)

Pretti’s decease happened conscionable weeks aft an ICE serviceman fatally changeable 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good portion she allegedly blocked an cognition successful Minneapolis and drove toward the officer.

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After the shooting of Good, Democratic officials, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, encouraged anti-ICE protesters to assemble, prompting a probe by national prosecutors for the alleged impeding of instrumentality enforcement efforts.

One National Guard subordinate described their actions arsenic a "demonstration of information and security." (Anthony Cabassa via Storyful)

Walz connected Sunday called for President Donald Trump to propulsion retired "his 3,000 untrained agents" from Minnesota "before they termination different American successful the street" pursuing Pretti's death.

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Trump confirmed to The Wall Street Journal connected Sunday that his medication is "reviewing everything" successful the aftermath of the latest shooting.

Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.