Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey claims that what’s happening in his city, as anti-ICE protesters and rioters flood the streets following the Renee Good shooting incident, is all about “love.”
“It’s important to tell the whole country that this is not just about resistance here in Minneapolis, it’s about love. We are showing something far more powerful and consequential here, which is love,” Frey said on Sunday during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
“This is not just about resistance here in Minneapolis. It’s about love.”
Minneapolis Mayor Frey responds to protests following the deadly ICE shooting of Renee Good. https://t.co/IKC9tIZvsR pic.twitter.com/zrGrnTEt6d
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) January 18, 2026
“We are standing up for one another. You’ve got neighbors helping neighbors. You’ve got people uniting and coming together in this beautiful way,” he added. “And obviously we’ve got these threats out there from the federal government that were literally designed to intimidate Minneapolis residents, to intimidate me. But here’s the thing, we’re not going to be intimidated. We’ve got this beautiful city full of extraordinary people. I have never been prouder to be from Minneapolis.”
Video from the Minneapolis riots shows just how much “love” is being spread.
Footage that appeared online on Saturday shows a man being harassed and assaulted for wearing an American flag hoodie.
One of the protesters then tells the man that if he removes his hoodie, he “won’t get hurt.”
Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis made a man take off his American flag hoodie that said “Freedom”:
“Take it off and you won’t get hurt!” pic.twitter.com/YmueZRICnO
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 17, 2026
Anti-Islam influencer Jake Lang, who was in Minneapolis on Saturday to “burn a Koran on the steps of Minneapolis city hall,” was violently attacked and beaten by a mob of anti-ICE rioters.
In multiple videos, blood can be seen on his head and neck as he’s chased and harassed.
🚨 JUST IN: Jake Lang FLEES anti-Islam protest by car in Minneapolis after violent leftists caused his head to bleed and chased him down the street
They attacked the car and tried to get inside
NOT ONE Minneapolis police officer was here.
That was on purpose. pic.twitter.com/ypn8o03sXS
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 17, 2026
A group of tech engineers were having lunch in Minneapolis when anti-ICE activists confronted them under the misapprehension that they were Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
The activists were blowing whistles and yelling “get out of our f*cking neighborhood” and “if you’re not with us, you’re against us.”
A group of white male engineers eating at Clancy’s Deli in Minneapolis were surrounded and accosted by far-left extremists who mobilized to the scene because someone thought the men were ICE agents. This follows a driver being accosted for having an SUV. pic.twitter.com/rgMEUHe1ZZ
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 17, 2026
