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Rick Johnson dons a pickle costume to protest ICE. And yes, he feels he's making a difference

Rick Johnson has protested ICE operations at least 50 times since August using humor and cosplay to oppose the agency's presence and planned agent surge.

ROCHESTER — Rick Johnson knows how easy it is to cave to helplessness and despair during these dark times. To ask oneself: What difference can I possibly make? Yet Johnson has so far never yielded to such feelings. The Red Wing, Minnesota, resident estimates he has been out at the federal Whipple Building in Minneapolis protesting the work of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at least 50 times. Yet before leaving his Red Wing h…

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Rick Johnson dons a pickle costume to protest ICE. And yes, he feels he's making a difference

ROCHESTER — Rick Johnson knows how easy it is to cave to helplessness and despair during these dark times. To ask oneself: What difference can I possibly make? Yet Johnson has so far never yielded to such feelings. The Red Wing, Minnesota, resident estimates he has been out at the federal Whipple Building in Minneapolis protesting the work of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at least 50 times. Yet before leaving his Red Wing h…

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Brainerd Dispatch broke the news in Brainerd, United States on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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