Who Watches the ‘ICE Watchers’?

Disrupting the execution of federal law is not mere protest. - James Freeman

Christina Buttons reports for City Journal:

...Both Pretti and Good participated in “ICE watching,” an anti-immigration-enforcement tactic that can involve tracking ICE agents, filming arrests, and alerting other activists of enforcement actions. While participants frame ICE watching as a “community safety” measure, these tactics often place untrained civilians in direct, high-stakes confrontation with armed federal agents.

In Minneapolis, one key organizer of these activities is “Defend the 612.” The group, the membership of which apparently included Renee Good, oversees a massive network of Signal chats dedicated to monitoring and protesting ICE activity...

City Journal reviewed Defend the 612’s trainings, entered its Signal network, and traced its organizational support...