EXCLUSIVE: Viral Protester Speaks Out As ICE Turns Minneapolis Into “Military Zone”
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🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Tim Miller is joined by Minnesota resident turned viral protester Chis Ostroushko for his take on the “insane” Minneapolis protests. Chris shares his unfiltered perspective on how ICE has turned the city into a “military zone” and why he felt compelled to speak out and protest.
You can follow Chris at MNAngryMan on Instagram and BlueSky:
https://www.instagram.com/mnangryman/
https://bsky.app/profile/mnangryman.bsky.social
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody. Up next is my interview with Chris Ostrusko, who was Minnesota angry guy, |
| 0:07.2 | my spirit animal. The fellow from the man on the street interview protesting on Minneapolis the other night, |
| 0:14.2 | who was freaking out at just the insanity that ICE is inflicting on his community. |
| 0:20.2 | It was a great conversation. |
| 0:22.5 | I hope that you enjoy meeting as much as I did. |
| 0:25.0 | After we got off, |
| 0:25.7 | he mentioned that he is going to keep going out to the protests |
| 0:30.4 | and post some of the conversations he's having with people |
| 0:33.9 | who are getting roughed up by the ICE agents |
| 0:37.2 | or being wrongfully detained, |
| 0:38.6 | et cetera. And so if you want to follow him, he has created the account. The accounts are MN. Angry Man. |
| 0:46.0 | I love that. Just own it brand wise. M.N. Angry Man. He's got that on Blue Sky on Instagram and I guess on Facebook too so um if you're digging it and you want to support him and want to monitor what's happening uh go ahead and check him out there all right up next chris ostrusko hey everybody welcome to the bulwark i'm tim miller and i couldn't be more delighted to be here with a fella who many of us saw on video this week. It's Chris Ostrushko. |
| 1:12.7 | He lives in the Twin Cities. He's been out at the protests and he had some pretty hot language |
| 1:20.5 | for the situation we found ourselves in this week. How you doing, Chris? Thanks for doing this. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm doing very good. A little tired because I was |
| 1:27.7 | all the gunned today. Well, I want to hear about that. But for folks who missed it, I was, |
| 1:32.0 | you know, like you, it sounds like, pretty down about everything, doing some doom scrolling |
| 1:37.0 | the other night. When I came across your video, the video of you being interviewed on the street, |
| 1:41.8 | it really kind of buoyed me a little bit. |
| 1:44.1 | I kind of got my blood flowing. |
| 1:47.0 | And so hopefully that has the same effect on some other folks. |
| 1:49.9 | I want to watch some of that together for people that missed it. |
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