Minneapolis anti-ICE protests turn violent, man allegedly attacked with flagpole

As violent protests unfolded in Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon, video allegedly showed a man being chased into a Minneapolis parking lot and hit in the head with a flagpole by a mob of anti-ICE agitators.

The crowd continued to follow the unidentified man as he walked towards a car in the garage and allegedly pepper-sprayed him in the head and struck the wound with his hands.

“I’m trying to finish it, but you keep harassing me,” he told the crowd, his jacket soaked in blood.

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One protester was heard shouting through a megaphone: “Hey, seriously, this guy needs medical help; he needs mental help. Bleeding is natural for Nazis, but he needs mental help.”

The agitators shouted “Damn you Nazi” as they followed him into the garage.

A woman was heard asking if the bloodied man needed help, to which he calmly replied: “No, I’m fine. Thank you though, I appreciate you.”

A man is pursued by protesters through a parking lot in Minneapolis on Saturday. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

As he got into the car and sped away, the crowd slammed the doors and hit the car with flagpoles.

It’s unclear what led to the violent encounter.

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Activist and Republican U.S. Senate Florida candidate Jake Lang clashed with anti-ICE agitators during a demonstration in Minneapolis on Saturday. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Earlier in the day, rioter Jake Lang, who was pardoned on January 6, was seen on video being dragged away from a demonstration by protesters.

In the footage, blood was seen flowing from the back of Lang’s head as he walked through the crowd surrounding him.

Lang, who was pardoned after participating in the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, allegedly participated in Americans Against Islamization (AAI)’s “Crusade to Little Somalia” with the intention of burning the Quran at Minneapolis City Hall when the incident occurred.

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Jake Lang confronted protesters at a rally near Minneapolis City Hall on Saturday. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

In the video of Lang trying to get into the backseat of an apparent good Samaritan’s car, the agitators were seen opening the door again and kicking the vehicle.

A woman in the passenger seat was heard telling protesters, “We don’t know him, stop hitting our car.”

Following the incident, Lang went to X, claiming that he had also been stabbed during the incident, but the plate carrier he was wearing prevented the attack.

Jake Lang was taken away after being confronted by anti-ICE agitators outside Minneapolis City Hall on Saturday. (Photo: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

“I was literally lynched by a mob of anti-white liberals and illegal immigrants – I am now in the hospital with staples in my skull… I almost had my limbs ripped off in Minneapolis!!!!” Lang wrote in a post: “[Minneapolis Mayor] Jacob Frey [told] Minneapolis Police officers should stand back so they can watch me [b]He was defeated live on national television!!!!! PRESIDENT TRUMP SENT THE NATIONAL GUARD. They are lynching White Christians in the streets!!!!!”

The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) told Fox News Digital that it was aware of allegations that Lang had been hacked on his social media accounts, but that no official report had been filed.

“MPD encourages anyone who is the subject of aggressive behavior to report the incident as soon as possible and provide as much detail as possible, including the date, time and location of the incident, a description of the suspects, and the nature and extent of injuries sustained,” the department said in a statement.

Federal law enforcement officers detained a man outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during a protest in Minneapolis on Saturday. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Meanwhile, anti-ICE protesters continued to clash with law enforcement outside the Whipple Federal Building, where agents tried to keep demonstrators away from the facility’s entrance.

Footage shows agitators shouting and swearing at agents as they try to maintain an orderly line on the street.

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office patrol cars were then seen parking in front of the building and blocking the road because it was dark outside.

Tensions flared earlier this month when 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was allegedly fatally shot by an ICE agent as she blocked an operation in Minneapolis last week and walked toward the agent.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced early Saturday that the state’s National Guard was mobilized and prepared to support local law enforcement and emergency management agencies.

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But the Guard has not yet been deployed on the city’s streets.

“Minnesota sanctuary politicians have returned approximately 470 criminal illegal aliens to American communities since President Trump’s inauguration,” the White House said in a social media post Saturday. he wrote. “ICE works every day to keep the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from terrorizing their states.”