Independent journalists Nick Sortor and Cam Higby are in Minneapolis to cover protests against immigration enforcement operations on Sunday.
BREAKING: These are the moments leading up to Minneapolis anti-ICE rioters SURROUNDING my vehicle, smashing my windows, and attempting to kiII
@CamHigby and meI was forced to drive away to save our lives, repeatedly warning those standing in front to GET OUT OF THE WAY.
They didn’t listen, so I had no choice but to go anyway.
They then used vehicles to BLOCK US as we were running, forcing me to throw the truck off the road to go around them.
Then, it appears we were CHASED down the interstate by another one of their goons.
I have to post this now because these idiots called the police on me saying I had a gun and was “running innocent protestors over”
You can try to terrorize me all you want. BUT I WILL NEVER STOP, AND NEVER SHUT UP.
🚨 BREAKING: These are the moments leading up to Minneapolis anti-ICE rioters SURROUNDING my vehicle, smashing my windows, and attempting to kiII @CamHigby and me
I was forced to drive away to save our lives, repeatedly warning those standing in front to GET OUT OF THE WAY.… pic.twitter.com/lzPyuJWUFx
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 12, 2026
“This is the moment @nicksortor was forced to drive away as a mob SURROUNDED his vehicle, smashed the windows, and spray painted the car,” Higby posted. “Rioters have now told @MinneapolisPD that we have guns. The rioters repeatedly threatened to [kill] us.”
Higby later posted video showing the frozen water bottles that he said were thrown at their truck, breaking the back window.
“They should be arrested for attempted [fucking] murder,” Sortor posted on X. “They beamed frozen water bottles through the windows, and if one of us would’ve been struck, we could’ve easily been [killed.] This was planned. But luckily, I drove away, so they beamed them through the back window instead.”
🚨 This is the moment @nicksortor was forced to drive away as a mob SURROUNDED his vehicle, smashed the windows, and spray painted the car.
Rioters have now told @MinneapolisPD that we have guns. The rioters repeatedly threatened to kill us. pic.twitter.com/Rz1xzzklql
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) January 12, 2026
One of the things you leftist militants refuse to understand is the more you harass, threaten, and try to kiII me, the longer I stay around.
Ask Portland how arresting me went. Their riots outside the ICE facility never recovered.
You picked a fight with the wrong guy tonight.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 12, 2026