She helped him flee a rally, then learned he was a right-wing provocateur

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6. Man reveals why he rescued right-wing influencer Jake Lang from crowd outside Minneapolis City HalL, Star Tribune,

1/19/26
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-reveals-why-he-rescued-right-wing-influencer-jake-lang-from-crowd-outside-minneapolis-city-hall/ar-AA1UxkQm

Isaiah Blackwell, 30, was the man dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses who tucked himself in a City Hall window well Saturday next to Lang, who was in the city for his anti-Islam rally, which was scrapped before he could carry out his plan to burn a Quran and march to the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, home to Minneapolis’ highest concentration of Somali American residents.

After being pulled down from the window ledge, Lang was pressed against the wall as the amped-up crowd closed in. Just a handful of Lang supporters showed up for the rally.

Only Blackwell, face-to-face, kept Lang from being fully engulfed by his detractors.

Blackwell soon led Lang away from City Hall, at times clutching him by one arm or guiding him from behind with hands on his shoulders.

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Blackwell said he came to City Hall at that time because “God, my Father, told me to stop by. I just had to stop by.”

I found this heart-warming and inspiring, even though Lang is about the worst of the worst. I found it fitting to read on MLK day, I think he would have done the same. (the incident was Saturday, 2 days ago)