{"id":200299,"date":"2020-05-30T23:50:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T04:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=200299"},"modified":"2020-05-31T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T15:09:29","slug":"burgum-in-downtown-fargo-natl-guard-activated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=200299","title":{"rendered":"Burgum, Mahoney in Fargo, State of Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update…<\/p>\n

Fargo\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order<\/a> Saturday night declaring a state of emergency in Fargo, West Fargo and Cass County and activating the North Dakota National Guard to help local authorities respond to unlawful activity and the risk to people and property due to civil disturbances.<\/p>\n

The mayors of Fargo and West Fargo declared a state of emergency Saturday night and requested additional law enforcement and other support from the state of North Dakota.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rule of law must be enforced to protect the general public, protesters, and first responders from those who engage in illegal activity,\u201d Burgum stated in the order. \u201cAll citizens have the right to peacefully and lawfully assemble and protest; the State of North Dakota is committed to protecting those rights. Additional state resources are necessary to help relieve conditions of distress due to unlawful activity that threatens the safety, health and welfare of the citizens of North Dakota.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am extremely disappointed that a peaceful protest has turned into a violent confrontation in the heart of our metro,\u201d Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney said. \u201cThe true Fargo was on display this morning when our community\u2019s leaders and police officers, led by Chief Dave Todd, engaged in constructive conversations with protesters. I believe tonight\u2019s actions are the result of outside influences who are not reflective of our people. Working with our local and state resources, we will restore order to our community to keep our people and businesses safe. We are all Fargo Strong \u2013 we are all one community now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dI\u2019m extremely proud of our officers for the remarkable way they served all members of our community and our neighboring community today,\u201d West Fargo Commission President Bernie Dardis said. \u201cOnce again, the entire metro is working together to protect our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of Cass County Government and the Cass County Commission, working in close coordination with Sheriff Jesse Jahner, support the efforts of the Fargo Police Department and The City of Fargo to maintain order,\u201d Cass County Commission Chair Chad Peterson said.\u00a0\u201cWe are committed to our local government partner and through mutual aid will provide all resources necessary to maintain law and order, prevent damage to property and ensure public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

The executive order activates the State Emergency Operations Plan to prevent injuries and save lives, alleviate hardships, implement appropriate response and recovery actions and future mitigation measures, and facilitate restoration of services and infrastructure. All state agencies, including the North Dakota National Guard, are ordered to provide response resources and capabilities. In addition to the Guard, the North Dakota Highway Patrol and the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have directed additional resources to assist authorities in Cass County.<\/p>\n

Previously<\/p>\n

BISMARCK, N.D. (MAY 30, 2020)<\/strong> \u2013 Before arriving in Downtown Fargo’s Command Center Saturday evening, Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order<\/a>\u00a0 declaring a state of emergency in Fargo, West Fargo and Cass County and activating the North Dakota National Guard to help local authorities respond to unlawful activity and the risk to people and property due to civil disturbances.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Fargo and West Fargo declared a state of emergency tonight and requested additional law enforcement and other support from the state of North Dakota.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rule of law must be enforced to protect the general public, protesters, and first responders from those who engage in illegal activity,\u201d Burgum stated in the order. \u201cAll citizens have the right to peacefully and lawfully assemble and protest; the State of North Dakota is committed to protecting those rights. Additional state resources are necessary to help relieve conditions of distress due to unlawful activity that threatens the safety, health and welfare of the citizens of North Dakota.\u201d<\/p>\n

The executive order activates the State Emergency Operations Plan to prevent injuries and save lives, alleviate hardships, implement appropriate response and recovery actions and future mitigation measures, and facilitate restoration of services and infrastructure. All state agencies, including the North Dakota National Guard, are ordered to provide response resources and capabilities. In addition to the Guard, the North Dakota Highway Patrol has directed additional resources to assist authorities in Cass County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update… Fargo\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order Saturday night declaring a state of emergency in Fargo, West Fargo and Cass County and activating the North Dakota National Guard to help local authorities respond to unlawful activity and the risk to people and property due to civil disturbances. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":77508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=200299"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200315,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200299\/revisions\/200315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=200299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=200299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}