{"id":2544679,"date":"2026-01-20T06:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T06:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:58:14","slug":"anti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-ICE Agitators Accosted Random White Guys Because They &#8216;Look Like&#8217; ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2544679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Minneapolis, a group of software engineers eating lunch were surrounded by anti-ICE protesters who mistakenly thought they were Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. One of the men received a message in an anti-ICE Signal chat claiming ICE was in the restaurant; within about 15 minutes protesters arrived, yelling and blowing whistles as the men tried to leave. Video and an interview with an engineer identified as Lee-obtained by Alpha News-show protesters demanding to know where the men worked and accusing them of being ICE despite the men saying they opposed the agency. Protesters told the group, &#8220;If you&#8217;re not with us then you&#8217;re against us,&#8221; and urged them to leave the city; the restaurant owner who had been at the register reportedly misidentified them. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >incident occurred amid heightened protests<\/a> following a Jan. 7 shooting involving an ICE officer, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/push-to-rubber-stamp-elections-invites-harassment-of-officials\/\" title=\"Push To Rubber-Stamp Elections Invites Harass...t Of Officials\">amid broader tensions<\/a> that prompted reports the pentagon put troops on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The engineers, who were all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice\/\" title=\"Anti-... Agitators Accosted Random White Guys Because They &#039;Look Like&#039; ...\">white men wearing sweatshirts<\/a> 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/exclusive-tech-workers-say-they-were-mistaken-for-ice-agents-accosted-by-anti-ice-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to Alpha News.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha News interviewed one of the engineers, identified only as Lee, and obtained video footage of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who do you work with here?&rdquo; said a protester in the video.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We do custom apps for a whole bunch of companies around Minnesota and the country, one of the men responded.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, one of the men asked the crowd, &ldquo;Do I look like an ICE agent?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One of the protesters responded, &ldquo;Yeah, you look like &hellip; [an] ICE agent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The man tried to tell the protesters he is also against ICE but he was only met with protesters yelling &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re not with us then you&rsquo;re against us!&rdquo; and &ldquo;Get out of our&hellip; city!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lee told Alpha News one of his friends was shocked by the messages claiming that their group was ICE because Lee&rsquo;s friend was vocally anti-ICE and a member of the Signal chat.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lee, the person who had incorrectly &ldquo;confirmed&rdquo; the group of cashiers to be ICE was the restaurant&rsquo;s owner, who had been working the cash register, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>A video went viral on X Friday, showing anti-ICE activists misidentifying a man as an ICE agent because he was driving a vehicle&nbsp;that resembled those often used by the agency.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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