Minneapolis (AP) — A pardoned January 6 rioter and far right activist who posted a video on social media of himself kicking down an anti-ICE sculpture outside the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul was released from jail Friday after being charged with a felony count of damage to property.
Lt. Mike Lee, a spokesperson for the Minnesota State Patrol, said Capitol Security observed Jake Lang, 30, of Lake Worth, Florida, damaging the display Thursday afternoon. He was arrested a short distance away. The ice sculpture spelled out “Prosecute ICE.” Lang is a native of Narrowsburg, NY, in Sullivan County and a 2013 graduate of Delaware Valley High School in Milford, PA.
At his first court appearance, Lang was released pending trial but ordered to stay at least three blocks away from the Capitol. Court records don’t list an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
Lang was drowned out by a large crowd last month when he attempted to hold a small rally in Minneapolis in support of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Lang was previously charged with assaulting an officer and other crimes before receiving clemency as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping intervention on behalf of Jan. 6 defendants last year.
Image: Jake Lang, center, who organized the protest March Against Minnesota Fraud, clashes with pro-immigration counterprotesters near Minneapolis City Hall, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)