Does a real photo show a person dressed as Spider-Man winding up to punch Jake Lang? Yes, that's true: This is a real photo taken by photojournalist Chris Juhn on Aug. 22, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. This photo, and several more from a series showing the incident, were posted to Juhn's Bluesky and Facebook accounts.
The photo appeared in a post (archived here) published by the @chrisjuhn account on Bluesky on Aug. 24, 2026. It was captioned:
I witnessed Spider-Man going into action yesterday in Minneapolis. He rode in on the back of a muscle car. Then leaped onto the pickup, right before unleashing a hail of fists onto his nemesis, Jake Lang, Jayden Scott, and their minions.
This is what the post looked like on Bluesky at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @chrisjuhn on Bluesky.)
There was a planned demonstration and counter-protest at Minneapolis City Hall that turned violent. An Aug. 22, 2026, bulletin (archived here) from the Minneapolis Police Department named 11 people who were arrested. The list of those arrested included Jake Lang and William Nicholas Love. Newsweek reported that the Minneapolis Police Department confirmed that Love was wearing a Spider-Man costume (archived here).
Juhn's Aug. 24, 2026, post on Facebook (embedded below) includes additional shots of the chaotic scene in Minneapolis (archived here).
Other fact checks
Lead Stories published a fact check about another image circulating -- it is based on the Minneapolis incident, but is AI-generated.
