Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
Date: February 10, 2026.
Filter blockades represent a tactical innovation.
These checkpoints appear at intersections.
Activists employ barricades such as cones.
They create impromptu roundabouts.
Traffic slows deliberately.
Scanners identify unmarked ICE vehicles.
ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, enforces U.S. immigration laws.
Locals pass through unimpeded.
This minimizes neighborhood disruption.
Yet it obstructs federal operations.
The tactic originated in the Twin Cities.
Twin Cities refer to Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
This occurred in January 2026.
A federal immigration crackdown prompted it.
Perceived as an occupation by locals.
Grassroots response involved residents.
Anarchists participated actively.
Extremists joined the effort.
Inspiration drew from 2020 riots.
Those riots followed George Floyd’s death.
A guide exists for replication.
CrimethInc. collective published it.
CrimethInc. is a U.S.-based anarchist network.
It promotes direct action anonymously.
The manual’s title: “Filter Blockades: A Tactic from the Twin Cities to Fight ICE and Defend Your Neighborhood.”
Link: https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/06/filter-blockades-a-tactic-from-the-twin-cities-to-fight-ice-and-defend-your-neighborhood.
Authors remain anonymous.
Forward Observer monitors such developments.
Forward Observer is an intelligence group.
Led by Mike Shelby, former military.
It analyzes far-left strategies.
Via YouTube channel and website: forwardobserver.com.
No direct guide from them.
They reference protest evolutions.
This tactic signals escalating unrest.
Communities prepare for conflict.
Federal responses may intensify.
