Supreme Court won’t release Minnesota activist jailed for threatening pro-ICE social media influencer

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to release Kyle Wagner, a 37-year-old Minnesota activist held pretrial on cyberstalking and threat charges stemming from an online dispute with a pro-ICE social media influencer identified as J.S. A judge had initially ordered his release, but the Sixth Circuit reversed after the Justice Department argued his posts amounted to calls to violence.

Wagner's case grew out of the fatal ICE shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti during Operation Metro Surge; Wagner says he knew Pretti personally. His comment 'we can all knock on strangers' doors,' aimed at J.S. after J.S. filmed a journalist's door, along with the posting of J.S.'s personal information, formed the basis of the charges. J.S. reportedly challenged Wagner to a 'cage fight,' which Wagner publicly accepted.

Prosecutors also cited a broader array of anti-ICE posts and Wagner's self-identification with antifa, which Trump designated a domestic terrorist organization last year despite the absence of any such formal organization. A separate judge had already ordered Wagner released on related conspiracy charges tied to protest disruption, leaving the cyberstalking case as the sole basis for his continued detention. The Supreme Court gave no explanation for its refusal, and no dissents were noted.

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