Minneapolis police arrested far-right influencer Jake Lang and six of his supporters for rioting Saturday outside city hall.

Police said Lang and his entourage drove onto the sidewalk in front of city hall toward a crowd. Social media videos showed Lang standing in the bed of a pickup truck with a sign that included a racial slur.

Videos showed Lang and his fellow activists clashing with counterprotesters. Minneapolis police eventually came out from city hall, with Lang driving off around the same time.

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    I wonder who was bankrolling him.

    No way that dude just films himself violating parole for a chance at clout…

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    The pigs will let him back out there in no time. They never keep one of their own behind bars long if they can help it.

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    Anyone else read conservative arrested for and instantly autofills child sexual abuse?

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    This is the guy who got saved from an ass beating in MN, shoved into a stranger’s car, and wouldn’t tell the driver who he was or why everyone was trying to kick his ass. Just kept telling his rescuers that Trump “saved his life”.

    They kicked him out a few blocks later.

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      Not to mention, I’m pretty sure the people driving the car were trans, and they told him to get in not knowing who he was

      That’s the difference between progressive and conservative. Conservatives only care for themselves. Progressives care for everyone, even if they deserved the ass beating.

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        I thought I remembered hearing they were trans but I didn’t see it mentioned in the article I looked up to refresh my memory. Article did mention they were both black women, though.