Anti-ICE ‘Activists’ Putting Up Checkpoints in Minneapolis

As the optimists prayed that Tom Homan’s arrival would help calm things down in Minneapolis, I expressed my skepticism. 

With good reason. The optimists made a few very questionable assumptions that I knew to be wrong, not the least of which is that Governor Walz, AG Ellison, and Mayor Frey actually want to restore public order. 

All three of them are facing existential threats, and the chaos has been very good for them. They are fighting Trump, and basking in the glow of approval from the AWFLs, the Star Tribune (run by a Governor Walz toady), and the national media. Every Democrat around the country is joining in the struggle against deporting pedophiles, and many are actually talking about using state resources to impede law enforcement. 

Since Homan’s arrival, Governor Walz has increased the heat of his rhetoric, specifically referencing John Brown and Fort Sumter—both of which helped start the Civil War. 

Speaking of which…the ICE activists are escalating from their Signal groups, which are less reliable now that they have been infiltrated occasionally, to actual roadblocks with…ID checks. 

I kid you not. Building walls and asking for your papers to let you through. 

“What would it take to begin coming together across the entire Twin Cities, establishing filter blockades to secure community control over zones or neighborhoods?” https://t.co/c1JSvH9rR0 pic.twitter.com/3vn2VQjxyE

— Minneapolis Spring (@mpls_spring) February 1, 2026

They have not, as yet, sprung up all over the city, and it is unclear if Mayor Frey will let them become a “thing,” but this is exactly the sort of escalation that should not surprise. Activists have been shadowing and even vandalizing cars they only suspect might be ICE-related, which includes more than a few rental cars that ordinary visitors have gotten. “Confirmed ICE” is apparently a very fluid to meaningless category. 

not quite as good as picking up weapons, but I damned sure won’t knock a strategy that is far better than frog costumes, pussy hat marches, strongly worded letters, voting, and being weekend warriors! Rock on!

— Upscale Recycled Jewelry, (@stonewrapper) February 1, 2026

As I wrote yesterday, the activists are getting bolder about simply assaulting people out in the open, and there seems to be no police protection for anybody when they get attacked by the anti-ICE crowd. The prevailing feeling seems to be that it is your fault that you pissed off the righteous revolutionaries, especially if you are identifiably not in their corner. 

WATCH: Community defenders stop an out of state vehicle at the filter blockade, run the plate through a database, and confirm whether the vehicle is affiliated with abductors before letting it through. pic.twitter.com/PqBXlhIHb7

— Minneapolis Spring (@mpls_spring) February 1, 2026

The activists have First Amendment rights, while nobody else does. The Brownshirts get to beat you up. 

Riots are escalating in other parts of the country, and again, the goal is about more than creating chaos. The point is to create victims who can become martyrs. Mothers are bringing their children to riots now, and the left-wing politicians pick up the rallying cry that ICE is hurting children. 

BREAKING – “Mothers” in Portland, Oregon are taking their kids to active anti ICE riots at the local ICE building, leading to a seven year old girl and a baby being hit by gas. pic.twitter.com/KoH3NB2TqZ

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) February 1, 2026

It is the Hamas strategy—put the civilians in harm’s way, and then parade around with the bloody shirt. It is morally disgusting, but obviously, the left believes it works politically, and it seems pretty evident that the left sees children as a great political tool. 

Rioters at the front of the mob were trying to storm the building by trespassing and rushing to the gate. No one should be sorry that your friends’ attempts to use children as human shields failed. If you were responsible, you would order CPS to investigate the adults who brought… https://t.co/tyPR3wo0g3

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) February 1, 2026

In a sane world, child protective services would be investigating parents who bring their children to riots, but we are a long way from a sane world. AWFLs are doing TikToks explaining that their children are no more valuable than anybody else. That is psychopathy, but that seems to be the norm these days. 

🚨 MUST WATCH: Journalist @CamHigby reports WOMEN are bringing BABIES to RIOTS in the middle of the night 🚨

“I saw lots of TODDLERS and small children who they brought out to a legitimate RIOT in the middle of the night with tons of violence”

“I saw several small children just… pic.twitter.com/3PGQwos0CP

— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) January 17, 2026

HOLY SH*T!

White leftist mother from Minneapolis proudly posted about getting ready with her 18-month-old to “patrol” for ICE in subzero weather, claiming her “babies aren’t more important than anybody else’s.”

Unbelievable!

Some leftist parents are putting the lives of… pic.twitter.com/8lsvk2KaFf

— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) January 24, 2026

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These lying losers, Destiny and Shawn Jackson, have raised almost $200,000 after leaving their infant to nearly die along with their other five kids while they stood around at a riot. pic.twitter.com/drTuhelMts

— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) January 21, 2026

The Black Bloc is literally taking over our streets, and the establishment is cheering them on. 

“Community driven checkpoints”

I can’t figure out if these people are seriously just this low IQ to not see the comically high levels of irony here or if they are just trolling 🤔 🤷🏿‍♂️
pic.twitter.com/2DSCRl2KMG

— AK Kamara (@realakkamara) February 1, 2026

What is unclear to me about this latest tactic of putting up blockades is whether Frey will see this as a good escalation or a bad one for his own political future. Unlike riots that are localized in moderately bad neighborhoods, these could impact otherwise sympathetic upper-middle-class supporters of his. 

🚨 Community Movement Builders leader calls for a “Domestic Front of Resistance” against the United States, rejects the civil-rights framework, and calls for “Wartime” against the goverment

On a call featuring Kamau Franklin (Community Movement Builders), Erica Caines (Black… pic.twitter.com/d1QaU0eEl0

— Stu Smith (@thestustustudio) January 16, 2026

Activists are supposed to impede everybody else, not them. 

Hey, my friend got stopped. You’re not allowed through if out of state plates until they decide and they run you through their illegal database

— Ashley Mountainstone (@BottleBell) February 1, 2026

With that said, I’m not sure the Black Bloc actually cares what he thinks. They have the upper hand right now and are reveling in the power. And many of the fellow travelers are whipped up into a frenzy, and probably won’t listen even to him and Walz if they ask them to back off. 

Hilarious catch from @a_chrisbray. This is how New York mag’s big recent feature celebrating ICE resistance in MN ends. I guess Graydon Carter was right — irony is dead. pic.twitter.com/UFjAvnvLkg

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) January 31, 2026

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