Counter-protesters force pardoned Jan. 6th rioter to leave conservative rally in Minneapolis

Описание: (18 Jan 2026)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Minneapolis - 17 January 2026
1. Wide of pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Brook, The Associated Press:
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"Earlier today, there was a small rally led by pardoned January 6th rioter, Jake Lang. That relatively small group was drowned out by the counter-protesters. Things got a bit tense. People were throwing water balloons at the right-wing group and Lang appeared to be bleeding at one point. The counter-protesters have appeared to have dispersed the right-wing group. Police then came. There was a bit of a face-off and police then retreated. The counter-protesters are now continuing to march through the city."
3. Wide of crowd moving
4. Various of Jake Lang surrounded by counter-protesters as he retreats
5. Wide of counter-protesters marching
6. Various of a Jake Lang supporter wearing a red 'Freedom' shirt being followed by counter-protesters
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Brook, The Associated Press:
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"Counter-protesters are encircling one of the few people that was with the small right-wing protest and they forced the protester to take off an overshirt that said freedom on it, and they're surrounding the man as he tries to leave the crowd."
8. Wide of Jake Lang supporter walking away from crowd
STORYLINE:
Protesters for and against the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown clashed in Minneapolis on Saturday as the governor's office announced that National Guard troops had been mobilized and stood ready to assist state law enforcement, though they were not yet deployed to city streets.

There have been protests every day since the Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by bringing in more than 2,000 federal officers.

A large group of protesters turned out in downtown Minneapolis and confronted a much smaller group of people attending an anti-Somali and pro-Immigration and Customs Enforcement rally.

They chased the pro-ICE group away and forced at least one member to take off a shirt they deemed objectionable.

Jake Lang, who organized the anti-Islam and pro-ICE demonstration, appeared to be injured as he left the scene, with bruises and scrapes on his head.

He said via social media beforehand that he intended to “burn a Quran” on the steps of City Hall, but it was not clear if he carried out that plan.

Lang was previously charged with assaulting an officer with a baseball bat, civil disorder and other crimes before receiving clemency as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping act of clemency for Jan. 6 defendants last year.

Lang recently announced that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.

In Minneapolis, snowballs and water balloons were also thrown before an armored police van and heavily equipped city police arrived.

The operation in the deeply liberal Twin Cities has claimed at least one life: Renee Good, a U.S. citizen and mother of three, was shot by an ICE officer during a Jan. 7 confrontation.

AP Video shot by David Martin and Jack Brook

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