Dueling Protests Begin in Minneapolis as City Remains on Edge
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Two protest groups clashed in downtown Minneapolis, with conservative influencer Jake Lang organizing the March Against Minnesota Fraud protest, including plans to burn a Quran and march through a Somali-populated neighborhood.
- Counterprotesters from The People’s Action Coalition Against Trump opposed Lang’s rally, holding signs and using music from the Disney musical "Frozen," with at least one snowball thrown at Lang.
- Minneapolis police and Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies heavily monitored the protests, which had fewer than 200 attendees by midday.
- The protests occurred amid heightened tensions following the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good by an immigration agent and a subsequent large-scale ICE crackdown in the Twin Cities targeting immigration violations.
- A federal judge recently limited
