Anti-ICE Agitators Accosted Random White Guys Because They ‘Look Like’ ICE
Protesters in Minneapolis surrounded a table of white software engineers eating lunch after an anti-ICE Signal group received a tip claiming Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in the restaurant, Alpha News reported. Within about 15 minutes activists gathered outside, yelling and blowing whistles as the men tried to leave; video and an interview with one engineer, identified as Lee, show protesters accusing them of being ICE despite their denials. Lee said the group included a vocal anti-ICE member and that the restaurant owner at the register had mistakenly “confirmed” them as ICE. The incident occurred amid intensified nationwide protests over an ICE-related fatal shooting on Jan. 7, and came as the Pentagon put roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis.
Protesters surrounded a group of software engineers having lunch in a Minneapolis restaurant because they purportedly looked like Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Alpha News reported.
The engineers, who were all white men wearing sweatshirts and jackets, were eating lunch when one of them received a message from an anti-ICE Signal chat he participated in, stating that there were ICE agents in the restaurant where they were eating, according to Alpha News.
Within 15 minutes, anti-ICE protesters began surrounding the restaurant, yelling and blowing whistles as the men attempted to exit from the restaurant, the outlet reported.
Alpha News interviewed one of the engineers, identified only as Lee, and obtained video footage of the incident.
“Who do you work with here?” said a protester in the video.
“We do custom apps for a whole bunch of companies around Minnesota and the country, one of the men responded.
In the video, one of the men asked the crowd, “Do I look like an ICE agent?”
One of the protesters responded, “Yeah, you look like … [an] ICE agent.”
The man tried to tell the protesters he is also against ICE but he was only met with protesters yelling “If you’re not with us then you’re against us!” and “Get out of our… city!”
Lee told Alpha News one of his friends was shocked by the messages claiming that their group was ICE because Lee’s friend was vocally anti-ICE and a member of the Signal chat.
According to Lee, the person who had incorrectly “confirmed” the group of cashiers to be ICE was the restaurant’s owner, who had been working the cash register, the outlet reported.
Rampant protests against ICE have increased throughout the U.S., after an ICE officer on Jan. 7 fatally shot Renee Good, who had accelerated her vehicle in his direction.
A video went viral on X Friday, showing anti-ICE activists misidentifying a man as an ICE agent because he was driving a vehicle that resembled those often used by the agency.
In response to the intensifying protests, the Pentagon reportedly ordered roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers to stand by and prepare for potential deployment in Minneapolis.
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