Far-right agitator Jake Lang arrested on suspicion of rioting in Minneapolis

Alex Chhith and Dave Orrick, The Minnesota Star Tribune on Aug 22, 2026

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MINNEAPOLIS — Far-right agitator Jake Lang was arrested Saturday after the vehicle he was in drove onto a sidewalk in front of Minneapolis City Hall and toward a crowd of people.

Minneapolis police intervened and arrested all occupants following the incident at about 11:50 a.m., according to a news release. Police say everyone in the two vehicles that drove toward the crowd was arrested on “probable cause riot.”

Both vehicles were impounded. MPD made four additional arrests near City Hall on suspicion of charges ranging from disorderly conduct to assault, interim Police Chief Bill Peterson said at a news briefing.

Hundreds of people were outside of the Minneapolis City Hall for a counter protest against Lang at noon.

Lang arrived in Minneapolis on Saturday to advocate for a Rochester woman who called a Black autistic child a racial slur, according to a profane-ridden post on his X account. In a post on X earlier this week, Mayor Jacob Frey told people to stay away from the rally.

“Let this lame-ass racist rally fall flat and fade into irrelevance,” he wrote.

While Lang’s vehicles drove through the crowd, people threw liquids onto one of the cars — a white pick-up truck with a large white cross — as Minneapolis police pushed counter protesters away from the road, according to videos that surfaced on social media.

Chemical irritants wafted across several blocks of downtown Minneapolis Saturday as Vikings fans arriving for a noon home game tried to navigate the chaotic scene outside City Hall, as protesters and counter-protesters squared off with each other and police.

The counter-demonstrators briefly surrounded Lang’s vehicle as skirmishes broke out before the vehicle sped off.

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