This is what happens when you build a movement on paranoia and rage. Eventually you start seeing enemies everywhere—including at the lunch counter.

A group of software engineers were eating at a Minneapolis restaurant when anti-ICE protesters surrounded the building, blowing whistles and screaming. Their crime? Being white men wearing sweatshirts and jackets. You know, the international uniform of federal law enforcement. Or tech bros. Or basically any guy in Minnesota in January.

Here’s the kicker: one of the engineers was actually in the anti-ICE Signal chat that mobilized the mob. He watched the alert go out claiming ICE agents were in his restaurant. The ICE agents were him and his coworkers.

“You Look Like a F*cking ICE Agent”

Alpha News obtained video of the confrontation. The engineers tried to explain they build custom apps for Minnesota companies. They’re not feds. They’re nerds.

“Do I look like an ICE agent?” one of them asked the crowd.

“Yeah, you look like a f*cking ICE agent,” came the response.

The guy tried telling them he’s actually against ICE. Didn’t matter. The mob had already decided. “If you’re not with us then you’re against us!” they screamed. “Get out of our f*cking city!”

Get out of their city. Software engineers. Eating lunch. In the city where they live and work.

The Snitch

Want to know who “confirmed” these random tech workers were ICE? The restaurant owner working the cash register. Apparently ringing up sandwiches now qualifies you to identify federal agents.

One of the engineers told Alpha News his friend was genuinely shocked—the friend was vocally anti-ICE and active in the very Signal chat that organized the harassment. He got targeted by his own team because he committed the unforgivable sin of being a white guy in a jacket.

This is the revolution eating its own, except the revolutionaries are too stupid to realize they’re chewing on friendlies.

Pattern Recognition

This isn’t an isolated incident. Another video went viral showing protesters misidentifying some random driver as ICE because his car looked like something the agency might use.

The movement has devolved into racial profiling with a progressive veneer. White guy? Probably ICE. SUV? Definitely ICE. Eating lunch? Suspicious. Wearing a jacket in winter? Call the comrades.

They’ve created a vigilante system based entirely on vibes and paranoia. And when they’re wrong—which they clearly are, constantly—they just scream louder until the target leaves.

The Bigger Picture

The Pentagon has reportedly ordered 1,500 active-duty soldiers to stand by for potential deployment to Minneapolis. That’s not because of ICE operations. That’s because the protesters have created such chaos that the city can’t function.

This is what the anti-ICE movement has become. Not principled resistance. Not peaceful protest. A roving mob that terrorizes random citizens for the crime of fitting a demographic profile, then tells them to leave their own city.

The software engineer who tried to explain he was on their side got the same treatment as everyone else. Because it was never about policy. It was never about immigration. It’s about rage looking for a target.

And when you can’t find a real enemy, any white guy eating lunch will do.