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Army veteran Ian Austin protesting outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis last week (left). Days after telling Mother Jones, “I’m not going to live in fear,” he was arrested by federal agents on Friday (right).<\/span>Julia Lurie\/Mother Jones illustration<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n On Friday, federal agents <\/span>arrested Ian Austin, an Army veteran and ICE protester who was featured in a recent viral Mother Jones<\/em> video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Austin was among the dozens of protesters who, nearly two weeks ago, interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official serves as a pastor. Since then, federal officials have been targeting those involved in the demonstration\u2014including, today, journalist Don Lemon<\/a>\u2014and arresting them on federal charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s fucking emotional as hell, and it\u2019s scary,\u201d he said over the phone earlier in the week, \u201cbut I\u2019m not going to live in fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n I met Austin last week outside the Whipple Federal Building, where ICE operations are based and where there has been a standing protest for weeks. I was struck by the honesty and vulnerability he brought to the conversation; he was brought to tears by how betrayed he felt by the government he had fought for.<\/p>\n\n