More than a dozen suspects belonging to what authorities are describing as Minneapolis-based antifa groups have been federally charged for conspiring to obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement through coordinated violence.A federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday charged 15 individuals with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers, interstate stalking, destruction of government property, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, and other offenses in connection with obstruction efforts allegedly led by a rapid-response network of antifa operatives “violently opposed” to ICE.Charging documents say the defendants are members or associates of Direct Action Minnesota and use secret aliases.
According to its online fundraising campaign, Direct Action Minnesota is a decentralized coalition of anti-ICE activists engaged in “community defense” against deportation operations within the Twin Cities metropolitan area and beyond.
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Officials said Direct Action Minnesota is comprised of activists from other suborganizations, including the Black Cat Worker’s Collective, which investigators identified as an “antifa affinity group” operating in Minneapolis that promotes and utilizes militant tactics.
