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A chaotic scene interrupts between right-wing influencer Jake Lang and counterprotesters as he tries to leave a rally in Minneapolis Saturday, Jan. 17. (Renée Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune 1h
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
Hes soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. http://bit.ly/4baGhJn

https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
BevMarie 🪷@evenbev
Jake Lang beating police officers with stolen shield (and bat) on Jan 6 at US Capitol. He was pardoned.

As captured best on Exhibit W, around 4:55 p.m., another rioter handed LANG the bat that had been used by other rioters at least twice before to attack the officers. Over the next five minutes, from 4:55 p.m. to 5 p.m., LANG repeatedly, and strategically, attacked the officers guarding the Capitol with that bat. Specifically, he can be seen striking the officers with the bat at the following times: 4:54.58 p.m.; 4:56.30 p.m.; 4:56.44 p.m.; 4:57.13 p.m.; 4:57.15 p.m.; 4:57.21 p.m.; 4:57.26 p.m.; 4:57.32 p.m.; 4:58.06 p.m.; 4:58.29 p.m.; 4:59.10 p.m.; 4:59.32 p.m.; 4:59.49 p.m.; 4:59.51 p.m.; 4:59.54 p.m.; and 4:59.58 p.m. These are captured on Exhibit V and Exhibit Y (BWC footage from one of the officers repeatedly hit with the bat). LANG only stopped after he was shot with a rubber bullet that hit him in the foot...
United States v. Edward Jacob Lang: https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/Edward%20Jacob%20Lang%20Government%20Opposition%20to%20Defense%20Motion%20for%20Release.pdf
Biophilic
(6,425 posts)bigtree
(93,461 posts)...is better than a bat.
SheltieLover
(77,121 posts)Cha
(317,180 posts)These Pardoned J6 FAFO.
This is a Freaking Delicious Retribution For the Gaslit Fascist Fuck Jake Lang.
Go Minnesotans For Democracy!
SheltieLover
(77,121 posts)Well said!
Aloha 🌺
Cha
(317,180 posts)you gave the perfect post to reply to..
Aloha 🌺
SheltieLover
(77,121 posts)Aloha 🌺
DoBW
(3,076 posts)falls under the good news category
LessAspin
(1,827 posts)To everyone for quickly identifying these agitators and acting accordingly..
Link to tweet
Guys, this is not just any right-wing news guy, this is David Zere, the one-time owner of a pasta factory and the representative for a Russian "mob-tied" real estate developer for a Long Island project.
— Jacqueline Sweet (@jsweetli.bsky.social) 2026-01-12T19:25:14.888Z
Kid Berwyn
(23,208 posts)Now he wields deadly weapons with impunity (until the good people in Minnesota) against We the People.
Theres a problem somewhere and it smells like a big, fat, greasy orange NAZI rat.