Patriot Brief
- What Happened: Evidence circulating online appears to show an organized Signal group coordinating real time tracking of ICE activity in Minneapolis.
- Why It Matters: If verified, coordinated plate checks and pursuit of agents would cross from protest into obstruction of federal law enforcement.
- Bottom Line: The disclosures point to a serious breakdown of boundaries between activism and state power that demands investigation.
What is emerging out of Minneapolis does not look like organic protest. It looks organized, coordinated, and deliberate.
Independent investigator Cam Higby, who says he’s spent days undercover inside the so-called “South Side Minneapolis Rapid Response” chat group, described a chilling structure beneath the protest chatter. According to Higby, activists in the Signal network use a coded system of emojis next to users’ names that denote specific roles, and the most critical are the “mobile patrols.”
These patrols spend their entire shifts cruising the city in search of federal vehicles. Once a suspicious vehicle is spotted, they push the information into the group so “plate checkers” can comb their database and confirm whether it belongs to ICE or another federal agency. In the background, a dispatcher runs a near-constant call telling protestors where agents have been spotted and how they can most effectively impede their movements. If true, this is not spontaneous protest chatter — it is a coordinated effort to intercept and obstruct federal law enforcement in real time.
Here you can see nearly a minute of scrolling footage from the Signal group, which shows participants actively checking license plates, calling out intersections, and coordinating movements to follow federal immigration agents in real time. This is not passive observation. It is pursuit.
The chat reads like a tactical feed. Vehicles identified. Locations updated. Agents chased. That behavior meets the plain language definition of obstruction.
They even have an active dispatch call and shift changes! There is no way a handful of activists just organized this overnight. The roots run far too deep.
They are creating new group chats daily based on the zone, in order to avoid detection. However, thanks to Higby’s inflation and screen recordings, they are no longer flying under the radar.
Here is a screenshot of the chat where they are discussing Higby and how they ran his plates - believing him to be an ICE agent.
However, the most explosive detail is who appears to be involved. Screens circulating online list Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan as an administrator of the Signal group. If accurate, that places the state of Minnesota alarmingly close to an operation targeting federal law enforcement. However, it has not been confirmed.
There is also footage of Minnesota State Rep. Alex Falconer appearing to brag about his role in the operation as well. This is not a fringe Telegram channel. This is alleged coordination with ties to the top of state government.
Defenders will argue this is community monitoring. The footage tells a different story. Running plates is not speech. Calling movements during active operations is not protest. Chasing agents through city streets is not accountability. It is interference.
Minnesota Democrats insist the protests are spontaneous. The Signal logs suggest planning, hierarchy, and command. That is the difference between dissent and organized resistance.
If these chats are authentic and the admin list is accurate, this is not a misunderstanding. It is a scandal. Federal authorities now face an unavoidable question. Who organized this, who participated, and who in power allowed it to happen.
The line between protest and obstruction is clear. The evidence suggests it was crossed.