Minnesota activist Kyle Wagner arrested and charged with threatening ICE agents
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Washington — A Minnesota activist was arrested Thursday and charged with threatening to assault and kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Justice Department said.
Washington — A Minnesota activist was arrested Thursday and charged with threatening to assault and kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Justice Department said.
Prosecutors allege that Kyle Wagner, 37, shared comments and videos to Facebook and Instagram last month that encouraged his followers to attack federal immigration officers, who he called the "gestapo" and "murderers." He is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court on Thursday.
Photos taken Thursday appear to show Wagner being led out of a residential building in Minneapolis by agents with Homeland Security Investigations, part of the Department of Homeland Security, wearing a sweatshirt that says "I'M ANTIFA!" Antifa is short for "anti-fascist" and is a loosely organized left-wing movement or ideology.
In one now-deleted video posted on Jan. 8, Wagner allegedly threatened ICE agents, stating, "we're f**king coming for you," according to the Justice Department. The following day, he allegedly encouraged followers to harass immigration officers and said "we should cripple them."
"Anywhere we have an opportunity to get our hands on them, we need to put our hands on them," he said, according to prosecutors. Wagner's social media profiles appear to have been deleted as of Thursday. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney.
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