Independent journalist Nick Sortor’s $1,000 camera was abruptly stolen Sunday as he was reporting on riots by protesters opposed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis, according to video taken by another independent journalist, Cam Higby.
Sortor and Higby survived a Monday attack in the Minneapolis area, during which a mob surrounded their vehicle, vandalized it and threatened to kill them. Higby and Sortor both posted to X about the incident, during which the allegedly Somali suspects sped down an icy sidewalk in their car with Sortor’s hand caught in a door handle while he was trying to retrieve his camera.
“Somali thugs in Minneapolis just stole @nicksortor‘s camera and then fled from him by driving down an icy sidewalk,” Higby posted. “Bystanders insisted we have to leave, and don’t belong in Minnesota. They followed Sortor’s vehicle for roughly 30 minutes, honking.”
Higby also posted a photo of the car the apparent thieves used to get away.
“A group of Somali thugs just ROBBED me of my $1,000 camera in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis,” Sortor said. “They then DRAGGED ME DOWN THE STREET as my hand got trapped in their door handle NOBODY bothered helping DHS MUST RAID THIS PLACE!”
The FBI Rapid Response account on X responded to Sortor’s post Sunday night.
“We’re on it,” the post said, drawing praise from Sortor.