"Lang, who says that Jewish people want to turn the children of white Christian men into "[n-word] lovers", had promised to lead a march through the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, which has Minneapolis' highest concentration of Somali-American residents, before burning a Quran on the steps of City Hall. He reportedly didn't get to do either because a group of about 100 anti-racist counterprotestors, who outnumbered the 10 attendees of Lang's event, cornered Lang outside City Hall before attacking him and chasing him away."
"The anti-racist counterprotestors threw objects and water balloons at Lang before a 30-year-old Black Minneapolis resident named Isaiah Blackwell helped Lang escape. While Blackwell and other men led Lang away, the crowd continued to lob abuse at Lang, with one person even kicking Lang in the head and numerous others opening the rear car door and kicking Lang some more as a Black trans woman eventually helped Lang escape. Lang suffered bruises, scrapes, and a cut on his head, though he didn't report his injuries to local law enforcement, the Minneapolis police said."
Jake Lang, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate with a history of assaulting U.S. Capitol police on January 6, organized an anti-Somali, anti-Islam demonstration on the steps of Minneapolis City Hall and threatened to burn a Quran. The planned march into Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis' Somali-American neighborhood, drew about 10 attendees and was met by roughly 100 anti-racist counterprotestors who outnumbered and then attacked Lang. Protesters threw objects and water balloons and physically assaulted Lang until community members, including 30-year-old Isaiah Blackwell and a Black transgender woman, escorted him away. Lang sustained bruises, scrapes, and a head cut and did not report injuries to police.
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