Patriot Brief
What Happened: Demonstrators in New York City protesting after the Minneapolis ICE shooting were captured on video chanting violent slogans targeting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE agents.
Why It Matters: Some chants included calls for Noem’s hanging and the killing of ICE agents, reflecting how far left rhetoric has escalated into publicly voiced threats against federal officials.
Bottom Line: These threatening chants highlight a dangerous breakdown in civil discourse and a radical fringe that celebrates violence rather than lawful justice.
Footage from a New York City protest shows just how extreme some elements of the opposition have become.
In the aftermath of the fatal Minneapolis shooting involving an ICE agent, hundreds gathered in Foley Square to protest federal immigration enforcement — and a disturbing subset of that crowd crossed a line. Video circulating online shows protesters chanting “Kristi Noem will hang” and “Save a life, kill an ICE.”
One woman in the crowd tried to inject a note of reason, shouting that “two wrongs don’t make a right,” but she was immediately drowned out by the more extreme voices.
This kind of rhetoric is not merely “passionate protest.” It is a call for violence against government officials and law enforcement. It shows how untethered some in the left’s activist base have become — turning grief into threats, and disagreement into incitement.
Across the nation, Americans of all political stripes have the right to peaceful protest. But chanting death threats crosses every line of civilized discourse and puts real flesh and blood at risk. It’s one thing to object to policy. It’s another entirely to celebrate threats against those sworn to protect and serve under the Constitution.
As tensions nationwide remain high after the Minneapolis incident, this New York City moment should remind us of a simple truth: anger without accountability is chaos, and lawlessness is not protest.
And encouraging violence against federal officials and ICE agents is not dissent. It is dangerous, it does not deserve applause, and it must be condemned.