DOJ Arrests 15 Antifa-Linked Members for Impeding ICE Operations
Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people accused of participating in a coordinated campaign to obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations through intimidation, harassment, property destruction and violence, according to a newly unsealed indictment.
The Justice Department announced the charges against members and associates of Direct Action Minnesota, or DAMN, a Minneapolis-based organization that authorities say is linked to local Antifa and anarchist groups.
Prosecutors allege the group functioned as a highly organized network focused on disrupting federal immigration enforcement operations rather than engaging in traditional protest activity.
The indictment includes charges ranging from conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers to interstate stalking, interstate threats, solicitation to commit crimes of violence, assaults on federal officers and destruction of government property.
Federal authorities arrested 12 suspects during coordinated enforcement actions.
Two additional defendants remain at large, while another individual was already in federal custody on unrelated charges, according to the Justice Department.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche described the alleged conduct as a sustained campaign targeting law enforcement personnel.
“As alleged, these defendants, which included members of Antifa groups, engaged in an unrelenting campaign of harassment and violence targeting federal and local law enforcement,” Blanche said in a statement.
“Their actions created a dangerous environment that threatened not only their intended targets, but the community as a whole,” he added.
The Justice Department announced the charges against members and associates of Direct Action Minnesota, or DAMN, a Minneapolis-based organization that authorities say is linked to local Antifa and anarchist groups.
Prosecutors allege the group functioned as a highly organized network focused on disrupting federal immigration enforcement operations rather than engaging in traditional protest activity.
The indictment includes charges ranging from conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers to interstate stalking, interstate threats, solicitation to commit crimes of violence, assaults on federal officers and destruction of government property.
Federal authorities arrested 12 suspects during coordinated enforcement actions.
Two additional defendants remain at large, while another individual was already in federal custody on unrelated charges, according to the Justice Department.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche described the alleged conduct as a sustained campaign targeting law enforcement personnel.
“As alleged, these defendants, which included members of Antifa groups, engaged in an unrelenting campaign of harassment and violence targeting federal and local law enforcement,” Blanche said in a statement.
“Their actions created a dangerous environment that threatened not only their intended targets, but the community as a whole,” he added.
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