Steven Young, also known as Steve Young, is a Minneapolis light-rail operator for Metro Transit, a former corporate attorney and a Marine Corps veteran. He served 12 years in the Marine Corps, including as an infantry unit leader, and later practiced corporate law for nine years. He owned and operated the Bryn Mawr Market, a neighborhood grocery in Minneapolis, served on the Minneapolis Food Council and has coached high school lacrosse. He left his legal job in December 2025, during the federal immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, and joined neighborhood efforts to monitor immigration agents. He was the Green Party of Minnesota's nominee for governor in 2026, with midwife Jane Kirby as his running mate, and campaigned to abolish ICE, make Minnesota a sanctuary state and ban hyperscale data centers. Democrat Amy Klobuchar won the November 3, 2026, election.
We have documented 4 statements by Steven Young, in 4 cases. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Green Party candidate for governor of Minnesota, posting on X
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Three days before the Minneapolis event with Piker, Omar and Fateh, Young wrote that he would happily attend any event in the city with Piker.
“I'll happily attend any event in Minneapolis with Hasan Piker. He's so handsome!”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Steven Young on X: he would attend any Minneapolis event with Hasan Piker · Steven YoungX post of Oct. 23, 2026, 17:01 UTC, full text
Why we used this label
Relative to the decision to hold the October 26 event with Piker, Young says he would gladly attend any Minneapolis event with him. That backs the event the critics opposed.
Role at the time: Green Party candidate for governor of Minnesota, in an emailed statement
Condemned
Statement summary
Steven Young, the Green Party candidate for Minnesota governor, told Dispute Index by email that he is "absolutely, 100%" against Flock and Flock-style cameras, calling them an invasion of privacy that often gets things wrong and is abused by law enforcement, and said they need to be taken down immediately.
“I am absolutely, 100%, against flock and flock-style cameras. Not only are they an incredible invasion of privacy, but they also get things wrong quite often, leading to innocent people having to navigate the courts (or worse).”
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I am absolutely, 100%, against flock and flock-style cameras. Not only are they an incredible invasion of privacy, but they also get things wrong quite often, leading to innocent people having to navigate the courts (or worse). Additionally, they are abused by law enforcement who use them for stalking purposes and to arrest people merely on the pretext of a crime. They are a part of our surveillance state's apparatus, and need to be taken down immediately.
Emailed statement from Steven Young to Dispute Index on license plate readersEmailed statement from Steven Young, October 1, 2026.
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Young says he is completely against the cameras and that they need to be taken down immediately, which rejects the networks outright, so we labeled it Condemned with the Ban or remove step.
Role at the time: Green Party candidate for governor of Minnesota, posting on X
Condemned
Statement summary
Young wrote that Sen. Amy Klobuchar's support for ICE makes her complicit in what he called the ethnic cleansing of Minneapolis residents and an accomplice after the fact to the murder of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
“Klobuchar's continued support for ICE renders her complicit in the ethnic cleansing of our neighbors here, and an accomplice after the fact to the murder of Alex and Renee.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Steven Young on X: Klobuchar and the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good · Steven YoungX post of July 11, 2026, 13:03 UTC, full text
Why we used this label
Relative to whether the agents were justified in shooting Pretti, Young calls the killing a murder. His main target is Klobuchar, but his description of the shooting itself is a condemnation.
Role at the time: Green Party candidate for governor of Minnesota, posting on X
Condemned
Statement summary
Young, who was at the scene the day Good was killed, wrote that Minneapolis police took over the perimeter for ICE and let the agents he called murderers leave. He called the police accessories after the fact to her murder.
“I was there on that horrific day and saw MPD take over the perimeter for ICE. They held the line so that murderers could leave and escape justice. Our local cops were -and continue to be- accessories after the fact to her murder and ICE's other crimes.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Steven Young on X: he saw police hold the perimeter for ICE the day Renee Good was killed · Steven YoungX post of June 9, 2026, 12:30 UTC, full text
Why we used this label
Relative to whether Ross was justified in shooting Good, Young calls the killing a murder and the agents murderers who escaped justice. That condemns the shooting.
Ilhan Omar's campaign says an October 26 event with Hasan Piker and state Sen. Omar Fateh will mobilize young voters. Reps. Angie Craig and Betty McCollum and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey criticize hosting Piker, citing his past rhetoric.
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez fatally shot ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. DHS said he was armed and violently resisted; bystander video shows agents had already disarmed him before firing.
ICE officer Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renée Good, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis. DHS says she used her car as a weapon; Minneapolis and Minnesota officials say video shows no threat and call the self-defense account false.
