DAVID MARCUS: Impeding federal law enforcement is not protest, it's just crime
Harassing federal agents doing their jobs is criminal behavior, and it got a woman killed
By David Marcus Fox News
Published January 11, 2026 11:26am EST
There seems to be a bit of confusion in our society of late about what "civil disobedience" is and what it isn’t. Last week, this very confusion got 37-year-old Renee Good killed.
Political protest in the form of civil disobedience has a long and very proud tradition, from Mahatma Gandhi non-violently defying the British in India, to our own Martin Luther King, Jr. penning his eloquence from a Birmingham jail cell.
There is a stoic dignity to this practice, which in and of itself grants the words of its practitioners a gravity and profound humility.
What we are seeing across the country as organized gangs of wine moms use Antifa tactics to harass and impede Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is not civil disobedience. It isn't even protest. It's just crime.
The word "civil" in civil disobedience refers to the fact that the protester is allowing themselves to be arrested in order to emphasize just how important their cause is to them. It is also generally done in a context that threatens minimal harm to police and bystanders.
Today, across the country, but especially in bastions of democratic socialism like Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle, we see something entirely different: bands of people following, harassing, doxxing and sometimes engaging in direct assault against ICE agents.
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