‘DRAGGED ME DOWN THE STREET’: Watch journalist in dangerous situation as ‘Somali thugs’ allegedly steal his $1,000 camera

Journalist Nick Sortor gets his hand caught in a car door handle while trying to retrieve his stolen camera in Minneapolis on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026

(WARNING: Some videos in this story contain some obscenities)

In a harrowing incident caught on video, independent journalist Nick Sortor had his $1,000 camera stolen on Sunday allegedly by “Somali thugs,” and was dragged down a Minneapolis street by the vehicle racing away with the device.

Sortor and fellow journalist Cam Higby were...