Hennepin County declines felony charges in connection with Jake Lang rally


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Hennepin County prosecutors will not bring felony charges against Edward “Jake” Lang or his associates after a clash with counter-protestors in Minneapolis on Saturday.

Lang said he came to Minneapolis for a “peaceful freedom of speech rally” to support Shiloh Hendrix, a woman convicted of yelling racial slurs at an 8-year-old girl with autism in Rochester.

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Minneapolis police said a vehicle Lang was in drove onto the sidewalk near Forest Street and Third Avenue South before it was surrounded by a crowd of protestors.

“Almost immediately, a confronta...

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