This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August 24, 2026.
Two vehicles of Christian crusaders led by January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang swerved “unexpectedly and abruptly” through police barriers onto the sidewalk outside Minneapolis City Hall on Saturday, according to Minnesota Police Chief Bill Peterson. “Both vehicles drove onto the sidewalk in front of City Hall toward a crowd of people gathered there,” MPD announced on social media.
According to an MPD bulletin, “MPD had been aware of the planned demonstration for several weeks and developed a robust Incident Action Plan in preparation for the event. The plan included barriers outside City Hall intended to provide safe separation between demonstrators and vehicle traffic as well as strategically placed resources for quick deployment. MPD’s priority throughout the event was to protect public safety, separate opposing groups, prevent further violence and make arrests when probable cause existed.”
But the Christian crusaders had other plans.
Detroit News reported, “Lang arrived in Minneapolis on Saturday to advocate for a Rochester woman who called a Black autistic child a racial slur, according to a profane-ridden post on his X account.”
Armed with a large cross, American flag and a sign that said, “Jake Lang loves Black people, but hates (n word),” Lang shouted through his megaphone at the protesters who began climbing on his vehicle. Videos appear to show Lang’s crusaders fighting back by spraying the protesters with mace, when suddenly a man dressed as Spiderman climbed on the back bumper and attempted to pull the racist sign from Lang’s hands.
“Let me pray for you! Let me pray for you in Jesus’ name!” another protester yelled toward one of Lang’s fellow crusaders who stood in the bed of the truck holding a large wooden cross. The engine revved as MPD officers tried to clear the way to let the vehicles through. When another man attempted to pull the cross out of the truck, officers intervened.
After one of the trucks broke through and sped away, the second truck laid on the horn and slowly pushed its way through the crowd.
Tensions were especially high as protesters confronted the officers for failing to protect them from ICE earlier this year. So as MPD began arresting people, the protesters chanted, “Fuck you MPD! You protect Nazis!”
After Lang’s vehicles drove off, MPD tracked them, impounded their vehicles and arrested all the occupants on charges of “probable cause riot.”
‘A nation of Christians!’
Lang’s arrest comes just four days after he and 180 Church pastor Lorenzo Sewell entered the Dearborn City Council meeting that was being held inside the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Mich. According to Click On Detroit, Lang’s organizers marketed it as a “Christian Crusader March on Dearborn.”
“As the meeting approached, riot police moved to break up the crowd as people rushed to enter the library,” they reported.
Both Lang and Sewell were allowed to address the council.
After noting how honored he was to be the pastor of the church that President Donald Trump attended for his birthday and then to pray at Trump’s inauguration and preach at Rededicate 250, Sewell laid into the Dearborn City Council with a litany of falsehoods.
“We are not a nation of Muslims!” Sewell yelled while pointing his finger. “We are a nation of Christians! We are one nation, under God, indivisible, the God of the Bible! The God of the Lord Jesus Christ! That’s the God in whom we serve!”
Then he concluded, “America! We have lost this city! This is a city that is no longer up under American laws. We are up under Sharia law. We will not have it any more. Enough is enough!”
Of course, Dearborn is not under Sharia law.
‘The Crusade has begun!’
When Lang took the mic, he started complaining about how many babies were being born with the name Mohammed in England, while citing that as proof white Christians are being invaded.