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Jake Lang Arrested After Sidewalk Riot Near City Hall

8/24/2026

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Jake Lang Arrested

Jake Lang and his group were arrested on probable cause riot after driving onto a sidewalk near Minneapolis City Hall.
Police stopped one vehicle near Washington Avenue and I-35W while Bloomington officers halted other near Lindau Lane and IKEA Way.
Three Minneapolis officers and one civilian suffered non-life-threatening injuries, with one officer hospitalized.
Lang’s earlier Jan 6 Capitol charges were dismissed after President Donald Trump’s 2025 pardons.

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Mayor Jacob Frey called Lang a “far-right extremist and known racist” at a Saturday press conference.
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Shiloh Hendrix, convicted of racial slurs at a Rochester playground, was promoted as a guest for Lang’s rally.

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Jake Lang Arrested

Jake Lang and his group were arrested on probable cause riot after driving onto a sidewalk near Minneapolis City Hall.
Police stopped one vehicle near Washington Avenue and I-35W while Bloomington officers halted other near Lindau Lane and IKEA Way.
Three Minneapolis officers and one civilian suffered non-life-threatening injuries, with one officer hospitalized.
Lang’s earlier Jan 6 Capitol charges were dismissed after President Donald Trump’s 2025 pardons.

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