The city of Minneapolisin the state of Minnesotais immersed in a growing wave of protests that has not been able to stop. A counter-demonstration led by Just Jakethe agitator ultra of “anti-Islam”.
Lang This Saturday he led a demonstration in support of the anti-immigration police officers. A few days ago, one of them shot and killed Renee Good, a citizen who worked professionally as a poet and had three children. The murder was recorded on the agent’s camera and in the memories of hundreds of thousands of people.
He influencer of a conservative nature, he is currently a candidate for Florida Senate. On Saturday, he gathered a small group of followers who, according to local media, shouted slogans against immigrants and tried to burn the Koran in front of Minneapolis City Hall.
Just Jake He tried to lead the counter-demonstration, with far fewer supporters, and came out scalded. In his presence, those who were protesting against the Trump Executive beat him, sprayed him with foam sprays and shouted insults at him.
The ‘ultra influencer’ Jake Lang in the midst of the protests.
For his part, the agitator himself maintains, through his account of “severely beaten and stabbed”. However, there are no official confirmations that he recorded any stab wounds. He appeared in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, a place with a large Muslim population.
Police muscle
Since the ICE agent shot and killed Good, there have been riots every day. The Governor of Minnesota, Tim Waltzannounced that the National Guard troops were mobilized and ready to help law enforcement, although they were not yet deployed on the streets of the city, according to The Indian Express.
The Department of Homeland Security stepped up enforcement of immigration laws in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by sending more than 2,000 federal agents.
Jake Lang during the demonstration.
On Friday, a federal judge ruled that immigration agents cannot detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who are not making it difficult for authorities to do their jobs.
Assault on the Capitol
Lang participated in the assault on the United States Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021. Federal authorities accused him of 11 crimes, including public disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, and attack against law enforcement officers.
The prosecution denied that Lang attacked a police officer with a baseball bat and a riot shield.
Despite the “seriousness” of the charges against the young man, he was never tried. He remained in provisional prison for almost four years, thus delaying judicial proceedings. For his part, United States President Donald Trump issued a widespread pardon, which Lang took advantage of and improved his legal situation.
One of the people who stormed the US Capitol in 2021 occupies the Oval Office.
Since his release, Lang has called himself a “January 6 political prisoner” and has called his imprisonment “political persecution.” Local media maintain that “he has reemerged as a prominent voice of the extreme right.”
After Marco Rubio
Away from street altercations, Lang also has his political side. Or he intends to have it, since he has run as a candidate for the Senate of the state of Florida, a position previously held by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, from January 3, 2011 to January 20, 2025, when Trump appointed him head of Diplomacy.
According to The Sunday Guardian, Lang focuses his campaign on allegations of “government overreach, immigration crackdowns, and opposition to what he calls elite corruption.”
And it is also podcaster. He launched a radio show focused on the January 6 assault on the Capitol. Lang used the platform as a loudspeaker to “challenge official narratives and amplify far-right views.” The American newspaper emphasizes that it “frequently” directs its speech towards immigrants and Muslim communities.
Protests in Minneapolis
The murder of Renee Good shocked the American public. With 2,000 federal agents deployed in the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis to protest the shooting, while demonstrations were called in New York, Chicago, Seattle, Phoenix, Orlando and Columbus, Ohio.
The operation in Minnesota, which includes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, is part of President Donald Trump’s nationwide crackdown on migrants and a politically charged investigation into fraud allegations against some Minnesota nonprofits in the Somali community.
An “incredible” person
“Renee was one of the kindest people I have ever met,” her devastated mother told the Minnesota Star Tribune. “She has taken care of people her entire life. She was compassionate, loving, understanding. An incredible human being,” he added.
Born and raised in Colorado Springs, Good was widowed after her husband, comedian Timothy Macklin, died in 2023. As a result of this relationship, the child who is now an orphan was born and who will be cared for by the deceased’s mother. That year he married Becca Good, adopting her last name.
Renee also had two other children, two teenagers aged 15 and 12, from a previous relationship.
His wife, who acted as a media spokesperson Wednesday after the murder, described her as a “devout Christian” who had even participated in mission trips to Northern Ireland when she was younger.