Update at the end
Conservative influencer Nick Sortor said that he and content creator Cam Higby were detained by police after “leftist rioters” who “attacked” them in Minnesota called 911 on them. Videos going the rounds on social media appear to show Sortor being attacked by a mob outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis.
Independent journalist Nick Sortor, a conservative, has been in Minneapolis for days covering the violence.
A mob of violent, possibly antifa, surrounded his vehicle, smashed his windows, and threatened to kill him and his colleague Cam Higby, forcing him to drive through them.
🚨 THIS is one of the weapons of choice leftist rioters tried to kiII @CamHigby and me with tonight
Frozen water bottles. Classic Antifa.
Which means SOMEBODY was freezing them beforehand and gave them to rioters to use as weapons
They’re rock solid
FBI MUST INVESTIGATE NOW! pic.twitter.com/lvhkVyvzZd
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 12, 2026
More Details
The police do nothing about the Democrat army of Antifa, whom Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey call upset resident protesters. However, if a reporter gets attacked, they arrest the reporter.
Sharing a video of a woman appearing to assault him, Sortor wrote, “TEARGAS AND FLASHBANGS DEPLOYED outside ICE Minneapolis as leftists decide once again to attack me in the street. They just can’t keep their hands off me. Unfortunately for them, I won’t shut up OR ‘go away”.”
Sortor shared a video of his damaged car, with words like “bi***” spray-painted on his car. “The “peaceful protestors’ are at it again. Surrounding my vehicle. Breaking my windows. Spray painting the car. Telling @camhigby and I over and over that they’re going to kill us.”
Sortor claimed that despite being attacked, police detained him and Higby because “rioters” called 911 on them, and said they ran over him and threatened him with a gun.
He warned them to move as he was forced to leave the scene to save their lives.
“I was forced to drive away to save our lives, repeatedly warning those standing in front to GET OUT OF THE WAY,” Sortor wrote. “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,” he continued.
Sortor added, “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.”
If They Tell You They’ll Kill You, Believe Them
In another post, Sortor wrote, “The “peaceful protestors” are at it again. Surrounding my vehicle. Breaking my windows. Spray painting the car. Telling @camhigby and I over and over that they’re going to kiII us. We are safe. But police have *US* detained because rioters called 911 on *US* NOT SHUTTING UP!”
In a message to “leftist militants,” Sortor said that the “more you harass, threaten, and try to kill me, the longer I stay around.” He added, “Ask Portland how arresting me went. Their riots outside the ICE facility never recovered. You picked a fight with the wrong guy tonight.”
Sortor shared various other videos, alleging that the rioters damaged his car and tried to “kill” him and Higby.
Earlier Sunday
Earlier on Sunday, Sortor was attacked by the mob rioting outside an ICE facility. Law enforcement had to deploy tear gas and pepper balls to stop it.
The police ran away.
Antifa doesn’t allow unfriendlies to film them. It hurts their narrative of lies and truncated clips with false storylines.
Clips of the Violence
🚨 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
Ripping off the mask.
Well done, @nicksortor. pic.twitter.com/9cbZs5gDTL
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) January 12, 2026
@nicksortor was attacked.
The flashbang went off right at his feet, came out of the mist looking stately. pic.twitter.com/Fhhg4Wh1u0— Chriscoveries (@Chriscoveries) January 12, 2026
Update from Andy Ngo: Far-left streamer Anthony Mercado says he stalks right-wing journalists to incite them. He stalked Nick Sortor and Cam Higby.
BREAKING: Leftist streamer Andrew Mercado caught swarming a crowd around @nicksortor and threatening violence
Is this legal @MinneapolisPD? https://t.co/2QFJAlrTfJ
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) January 12, 2026
He’s done enough for now, It’s time for some decent US officials to get tough and act. He should not die just because Bondi will not act with US marshals on the scene.
They are lucky that Nick still has fuck to give. Because I’m all out of fucks, and I will get out of my vehicle and start shooting every last one of them, man or woman, I don’t care I will shoot you fucking dead.
here here
“Attack of the democRAT”
Unfortunately when it’s time to violate your rights, often the police won’t be protecting you – they will be the ones violating them! Just following orders, you know! From what I’ve seen far too many police have no idea of, and often couldn’t care less, about what our rights are under the Constitution. Too many think they are a law… Read more »
This is why I always keep my trusty 1911 by my side at all times,
“I felt threatened and feared for my life, your honor”.
That’s big talk, but chances are that if you got arrested with the ‘1911’, or certainly if you use it, you’d be doing prison time, especially if you’re white. Stallings and Rittenhouse won jury criminal cases against them in MN and WI, respectively, but they were put through the wringer by those states’ fascists. Those are organized and SOROS paid… Read more »
Why have police? They don’t protect anyone and only harass the victims.
Breaking windows, spray painting and denting the car shows the evil that the police in Minneapolis allow! Just burn the city down!
How about follow the money on the organizers of the paid protesters? Trump refuses to do that and he REFUSES to do anything about Soros. You ever wonder why? We can sanction anything and everything but we can’t touch Soros. You ever wonder why?
Soros has paid big money to democrats for protection. He should be ‘Maduroed’ and brought up on treason charges. George Soros is a dual Hungarian-American citizen, but Hungary has made it clear it does not want his presence or money in that country.
Um, yeah…and, um, right….and, um, “owange man baaaaaaaaad”
These mobs are the ones that want to take over the USA and implement their touchy-feely Socialist policies. They men/its/somethings can’t control themselves, and the frumpy, obese, fugly, liberal white women have totally gone off the rails and believe they are the Morality Police with police powers.