An anti-ICE demonstrator dressed up in a Pikachu costume was detained by authorities during protest activity outside the Whipple Federal Building in St Paul, Minnesota, on Monday, January 19.

An anti-ICE demonstrator dressed up in a Pikachu costume was detained by authorities during protest activity outside the Whipple Federal Building in St Paul, Minnesota, on Monday, January 19.

Footage captured by IRT Media shows the protester, who was holding up a sign saying “stop hurting peaceful protesters,” being dragged away by officials before being handcuffed and put into a police vehicle. The source told Storyful the man was arrested by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office for blocking the road in front of the building. The incident comes after a livestreamer in a fox costume was tackled to the ground by federal agents at the same location. Protest action has been ongoing at the site in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 7.

21 Jan 2026 • 00:40

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