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A viral clip circulating on conservative channels shows an Antifa-aligned activist allegedly using a smartphone app to shadow Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and later confronting them at a Chipotle. Whether edited for clicks or not, the footage tapped into a real fear: left-wing mobs are using technology to hunt down and harass federal officers in public. The raw outrage you feel watching it isn’t just theater — it’s proof that America’s civil servants are being turned into targets for performative intimidation.
This isn’t an isolated stunt. Grassroots activist groups and anonymous online crews have been broadcasting ICE movements and agent sightings through apps and encrypted chats, turning routine enforcement into a social-media spectacle that invites harassment. Federal officials and local reporters have flagged the spread of those location-sharing campaigns and warned that they make agents vulnerable and erode public safety.
Those digital manhunts quickly spill into the real world. Protests at ICE facilities have erupted into scuffles and violent confrontations in multiple cities, where Antifa-linked mobs have physically clashed with officers and attempted to storm federal buildings. When ideological theater becomes harassment on the street, ordinary Americans lose trust in local leaders who shrug at the chaos and claim it’s “protected protest.”
Big Tech can’t wash its hands of this. The same platforms that amplify woke agitation also host the tools used to coordinate it, and tech companies are being pressured to restrict networks that publish operators’ locations. If Apple, Google, and their rivals choose clicks and controversy over the safety of federal employees and the rule of law, they’re complicit in the next attack. The public rightly demands platform accountability and sensible limits on tools designed to weaponize people’s whereabouts.
Local officials who cheerlead these mobs or counsel protesters on evading surveillance deserve the blame for this lawlessness. When activists are urged to use burner phones and encrypted apps to shadow federal agents, it’s not civil disobedience — it’s tactical hostility that invites criminality and endangers bystanders. Prosecutors and city leaders must stop playing politics with public safety and start protecting those who enforce our laws.
Hardworking Americans see what’s happening and they’re fed up. We should stand with brave men and women who carry out tough jobs so the rest of us can live in peace, not cower while radicals treat everyday restaurants and neighborhoods as stages for harassment. It’s time for elected leaders to act: hold platforms accountable, back law enforcement, and restore basic order before the next viral stunt becomes a tragedy.
