Jake Lang Arrested for 'Probable Cause Riot' in Minneapolis
Far-Right Activist Jake Lang Arrested for 'Probable Cause Riot' ... After Driving onto Sidewalk in Minneapolis
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Far-right influencer and pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang has been arrested after a vehicle he was in drove onto a crowded sidewalk while he was protesting in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Police say Jake pulled up near the Minneapolis City Hall alongside another vehicle packed with people just before noon. Police allege the two vehicles drove onto the sidewalk "toward a crowd of people gathered there."
Jake and all other occupants in the vehicle were arrested for "probable cause riot", police announced ... and both vehicles were impounded. Additional arrests were made at city hall, they added.
Chaos in downtown Minneapolis as counter-protesters push through the police line and reach Jake Lang.
Lang attempts to retreat and take cover as officers move in between him and the crowd. Tensions remain extremely high as police work to keep the groups separated. pic.twitter.com/w8Xdk7tPmP @AndrewMercado
Video shared on social media shows Jake being yanked down and doused in liquid by anti-protesters as he clings to a giant white cross before he was eventually apprehended by police.
The far-right activist previously announced he would head to Minneapolis for a "peaceful freedom of speech rally."
Clearly, his presence ticked a bunch of people off ... and the peace did not last long.
