Crowd-for-hire boss rejects Minneapolis unrest as illegal chaos

As anti-ICE agitators disrupt streets crossed Minneapolis, the CEO of a nationalist protest-organizing steadfast says the demonstrations person crossed into amerciable territory, prompting his institution to enactment distant entirely.

Adam Swart, main enforcement serviceman of Crowds connected Demand, told Fox News Digital his steadfast "would not interaction the Minneapolis protests with a 10-foot pole," citing blocked roadways, obstruction of national agents, and threats against authorities pursuing a fatal shooting during an ICE enforcement operation.

"Blocking roadways, obstructing national agents, and threatening authorities are illegal, and we don’t prosecute successful immoderate signifier of amerciable protest," Swart said, informing the chaos playing retired connected metropolis streets volition person the other effect demonstrators assertion to want. "The interaction of these protests volition really beryllium to summation ICE operations, not alteration them."

Swart said mixing peaceful protesters with agitators creates superior risks connected aggregate fronts.

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A Border Patrol Tactical Unit cause sprays capsicum spray into the look of an agitator attempting to artifact an migration officer’s conveyance successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Jan. 7. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

"A batch of the radical protesting connected the streets are really violent," helium said. "They are unhinged, unstable radical who airs a hazard to peaceful protesters. That’s wherefore we’re staying out."

Swart rejected claims that blocking roads oregon confronting officers amounts to "nonviolent resistance," calling those actions inherently dangerous, peculiarly during progressive instrumentality enforcement operations.

"When you artifact the quality of national agents to get successful and retired of a scene, you are putting them astatine hazard from a convulsive mob," helium said. "That quality to participate and exit safely is cardinal to instrumentality enforcement."

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He added that wintertime conditions lone compound the danger.

"The roads are icy and snowy," Swart said. "You’re creating barriers that enactment vehicles astatine risk, and you’re besides putting yourself and different protesters astatine risk."

Beyond instrumentality enforcement concerns, Swart warned that roadworthy blockages endanger the broader community.

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People show against ICE during a vigil honoring a pistillate who was changeable and killed by an migration serviceman earlier successful the time successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Jan. 7, 2026. (Kerem YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)

"Who other can’t get done erstwhile roads are blocked? Ambulances. Fire trucks," helium said. "Emergency services person thing to bash with politics, and you’re making it intolerable for them to bash their jobs."

Swart said specified tactics yet undermine protesters’ stated goals and portion their connection of credibility.

"When protesters perpetrate amerciable activity, what’s mislaid is the substance of the message," helium said. "People don’t perceive what you’re protesting, they conscionable spot the blocked street."

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A slug spread is disposable successful the windshield of a conveyance progressive successful a shooting by an ICE cause during national instrumentality enforcement operations connected Jan. 7, 2026, successful Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

The agitators took to the streets aft a fatal brushwood betwixt ICE agents and 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during a national enforcement cognition successful southbound Minneapolis, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

DHS said agents were attempting to marque arrests erstwhile Good allegedly attempted to usage her conveyance arsenic a limb against officers, prompting a national cause to occurrence successful self-defense, sidesplitting Good. The incidental remains nether investigation.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the shooting was "preventable" and occurred amid escalating interference with national officers. She said ICE agents became stranded erstwhile 1 of their vehicles was stuck successful the snowfall and were surrounded and blocked by agitators.

According to Noem, Good repeatedly obstructed officers, ignored commands to exit her vehicle, and past "weaponized her vehicle" successful an effort to tally implicit an officer, who was struck and aboriginal treated astatine a hospital.

Swart said the unrest pursuing the shooting underscores wherefore his steadfast refuses to enactment successful confrontational activity.

"The chaos connected the streets of Minneapolis shows wherefore our approach—peaceful, lawful, persuasive, respectful—is the astir effective," helium said.

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Border Patrol national agents detain an agitator aft the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, during a rally against accrued migration enforcement crossed the metropolis extracurricular the Whipple Building successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 8, 2026. (Tim Evans/Reuters)

Swart warned the thoroughfare unrest is actively counterproductive.

"If protesters deliberation this volition deter ICE, they’re wrong," helium said. "What’s acold much apt is that ICE volition summation its beingness to woody with agitators. The medication volition privation to amusement it won’t beryllium intimidated."

He added that helium has agelong offered Minneapolis leaders and stakeholders the accidental to tally lawful campaigns aimed astatine improving information and restoring order, but said fearfulness and intimidation person stalled those efforts.

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks during a quality league astatine City Hall successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Dec. 2, 2025. After the Jan. 7 shooting, helium told national migration authorities Wednesday to "get the f---" retired of the city. (Leila Navidi/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Swart blamed that clime for the city’s continued decline, pointing to reduced constabulary presence, shuttered businesses and the caller nonaccomplishment of Minneapolis’ lone commuter obstruction line.

"There’s nary 1 successful Minneapolis who believes the metropolis is good run," helium said. "It’s failing by immoderate nonsubjective standard."

Swart said the metropolis tin inactive recover, but lone if residents cull intimidation and lawlessness.

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"This tin beryllium your stone bottom," helium said. "You don’t request to autumn further. But radical person to find the courageousness to basal up for their city."

"I privation to prosecute successful making Minneapolis a amended place," Swart added. "Not adding to the chaos presently unfolding."

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].