Jake Lang (Photo / Ramsey County Jail)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — An ice sculpture bearing the message “Prosecute ICE” was damaged outside the Minnesota State Capitol just hours after it was unveiled Thursday.
Authorities say 30-year-old Jake Lang of Lake Worth, Florida, a pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist, posted a video on social media showing himself knocking over pieces of the sculpture to make it read “Pro Ice.” Capitol security dispatchers witnessed Lang damaging the display and alerted State Patrol troopers.
Lang was stopped as he drove away and was arrested without incident. He was booked into the Ramsey County Jail on suspicion of felony criminal damage to property.
The sculpture had been installed by the veterans organization Common Defense, along with other community leaders, as a protest against federal immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota.
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