15 members of Direct Action Minnesota, or DAMN, have been arrested and charged with several Federal felonies, including conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer. Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced the arrest of the 15 Antifa members.
The group states it is “a decentralized coalition of working-class people engaged in various forms of community defense against the current Federal Occupation happening within the wider metro area, and against state and a far-right violence more broadly.” The group has developed coordinated tactics and supplied their members with shields and other gear to equip them for street warfare.