A disturbing clip that blew up on social media this week shows a man openly threatening ICE agents and vowing violence while ranting into his phone — a raw example of how lawlessness is being normalized by the radical fringe. The video was captured and amplified by the influential Libs of TikTok account, which tagged federal authorities to make sure the threat didn’t just vanish into the internet ether.
In the footage the man labels federal officers “terrorists” and makes explicit threats to shoot if agents “run up on” him, language that crosses the line from angry speech to a true threat aimed at public servants doing their jobs. This isn’t political theater; it’s a potentially prosecutable threat that puts real people at risk and invites the kind of chaos only the lawless would celebrate.
Conservative readers should be blunt: we reject violence and threats against law enforcement while also rejecting the left’s habit of painting every immigration enforcement action as some kind of atrocity. When radicals and militant groups escalate rhetoric into promises of bloodshed, it’s on every decent American — and every responsible law-enforcement agency — to respond swiftly and without politics. Recent clips from other corners of the country show this pattern isn’t isolated, it’s a trend.
Social media amplifiers on the left and right both shoulder responsibility, but there’s a difference between exposing bad actors and encouraging mobs. Libs of TikTok’s decision to tag the FBI after the video circulated forced authorities to look — precisely the kind of citizen reporting that prevents lone-wolf violence from becoming bloodshed. If you’re worried about free speech, remember that the First Amendment doesn’t protect true threats against federal officers.
Make no mistake: threatening a federal agent is a federal crime, and those who cheer it on or try to make heroes out of violent rhetoric should be treated like what they are — accessories to intimidation. The laws exist for a reason; when people publicly promise to harm ICE officers they are flirting with statutes that carry serious penalties and rightly bring federal scrutiny. Americans who believe in law and order must insist those laws apply evenly, regardless of which side of the political aisle the prosecutor thinks they’ll please.
There’s also a double standard from the cultural elites who lecture the country about “civil discourse” while turning a blind eye when their allies threaten enforcement officers and border security personnel. Conservatives who love this country and honor the rule of law aren’t going to tolerate the weaponization of anger into threats; we will call it out every time and demand accountability. The safety of ordinary citizens and the sanity of our civic life depend on refusing to normalize this dangerous behavior.
If federal investigators are already following the digital trail, good — let them do their jobs and bring charges where the law requires. At the same time, honest citizens should demand that politicians, activists, and platforms stop glamorizing violence and start defending the institutions that keep America free. We can be fierce defenders of the Constitution and the rule of law while also insisting that the left stop producing and amplifying the unhinged lunatics who threaten our peace.
