Half-wit anti-ICE protesters accosted a group of software engineers enjoying lunch in Minneapolis — after a mass text erroneously identified them as federal agents, video shows.
The men were eating at Clancey’s Deli when one of them, who is part of an anti-ICE Signal chat, got a message from “SW Minneapolis Rapid Response” alerting members to the presence of plainclothes agents at the restaurant, according to a report by Alpha News.
“My friend was shocked. He’s on the [anti-ICE] side politically. He lives nearby. He’s eaten there before. And suddenly he’s seeing messages saying we’re ICE,” Lee, one of the engineers, told the outlet.
Once the alert was shared, dozens of protesters flocked to the restaurant, some of whom can be seen peering through the restaurant’s front window in a video filmed by one of the men, who can be heard saying he felt “like a zoo animal” as they were gawked at from the sidewalk.
As the men emerged from the deli, the braying herd closed in, loudly blowing whistles and shouting insults at them.
“You’re a f–king bootlicker bitch!” one of the protesters can be heard over the shrill tone of their whistles.
“Get out of our f–king neighborhood!” screamed another.
“If you’re not with us, then you’re against us!” a third called out.
One of the engineers, clearly taken aback by the case of mistaken identity, stammered out an explanation of who they were.
“We do custom apps for a whole bunch of companies around Minnesota and the country!” he exclaimed, which an incredulous protester followed up with “then why are you filming us?”
“Because you’re filming us!” he shot back.
Lee told the outlet some in the crowd called them “pedophiles,” and that the “main ringleader” of the protesters said they deserved the harassment because they were “white privileged males.”
He said one of the men thought they were going to “get shot.”
“You don’t just tell extremists that random customers are ICE agents,” he said. “That’s how people get hurt.”
He said although the engineer pals represent a spectrum of political views, after coming face to face with the deranged throng of anti-ICE protesters calling for blood, “I think some of them are rethinking everything.”
Owners of Clancy’s Deli, which is closed Mondays, were not able to be reached for comment.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/19/us-news/anti-ice-protesters-mistake-minneapolis-techies-for-feds/
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