Patriot Brief
- What Happened: An alleged training manual for coordinated anti-ICE patrols in Minneapolis was shared publicly by investigative journalist Cam Higby.
- Why It Matters: The manual outlines tactics that could cross into obstruction, stalking, and aiding evasion of federal law enforcement.
- Bottom Line: The materials raise serious questions about organized interference with ICE operations and demand immediate scrutiny.
What just surfaced out of Minneapolis is not protest advice. It reads like an operations guide.
Investigative journalist Cam Higby released a screen recording showing what he says is the entire training manual used by anti-ICE patrols operating in the city. Higby described it as a watered-down operational security version, suggesting it is the sanitized edition intended for wider distribution among participants.
The contents are striking. The manual lays out tactics that, depending on context and execution, could violate multiple laws. It instructs participants to tail ICE vehicles, a practice that risks stalking charges. It describes blowing whistles to warn others when agents appear, potentially aiding evasion. It advises gathering crowds under the guise of filming, a tactic that can obstruct active law enforcement operations.
The document goes further. It outlines identifying federal agents as “abductors,” documenting their movements and details, and coordinating actions through encrypted messaging platforms. It assigns roles. Mobile patrols spend their shifts searching for suspicious vehicles and relaying license plates to designated “plate checkers,” who maintain a shared database of suspected federal vehicles. A dispatch function runs continuously, alerting participants where ICE has been spotted and advising how agents can be impeded.
One section discusses preparation for chemical exposure, signaling planners anticipated confrontations. Another advises participants on evading police questioning. The manual even encourages organizing patrols without permits, edging into vigilantism.
This is not spontaneous activism. It is structured, role-based, and methodical. Training manuals do not appear by accident. Databases are not maintained casually. Dispatch does not run nonstop without intent.
Minnesota officials have repeatedly framed recent unrest as organic. Documents like this directly challenge that narrative. When tactics are taught, roles are assigned, and movements are coordinated in real time, protest stops being incidental. The question now is simple and unavoidable. Who organized this, who participated, and why was it allowed to operate in plain sight.