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High School Kid Punches ICE Supporter or the "Okay" Punch Kid, also known as the Brown Hoodie Kid, is a viral video of a high school student punching another student, Danny Spud, for holding up a sign supporting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during an anti-ICE protest at the school. In the video, the kid announces that he's going to punch Spud, Spud tells him that he's going to get in trouble if he does, and the kid says, "Okay," then throws the punch.

Spud posted the video on X / Twitter on February 12th, 2026, claiming he was the only one holding up a sign reading "I love ICE," writing, "Instead of allowing me to express my opinion, I was assaulted -- Just for standing up for law enforcement. What is happening to America?" The video went viral over the following days, inspiring support and criticism towards both Spud and the puncher. An image of the kid winding up to punch Spud went viral as the subject of memes. The puncher in the video became known as the "Brown Hoodie Kid" in some corners of the internet.

Origin

On February 12th, 2026, X^[1] user @dannyspud_, aka Danny Spud, posted a video taken at Lake Zurich High School in Illinois, where he attends as a student.

In the video, Spud is holding up a sign that reads "I love ICE" while at the school's anti-ICE protest. He is confronted by another student, who says, "Yeah I am going to punch you in the face." Spud replies, "You're gonna get in trouble for that." The student says, "Okay," then winds up and punches Spud in the face. The student is held back by security and Spud says, "Chill out, bro. I stand for my beliefs. I am going to peacefully stand here and support my beliefs." The student yells back, "You can peacefully go fuck yourself." Spud calls him out for further violating school code by swearing.

The video gained over 16 million views and 82,000 likes in four days. Additionally, the post is captioned:

"Today, students at my high school in Chicago held an Anti-ICE protest. I was the only one that decided to hold a sign that said ‘I Love ICE’. Instead of allowing me to express my opinion, I was assaulted -- Just for standing up for law enforcement. What is happening to America?"

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The video went viral over the following days, inspiring memes.

On February 13th, 2026, X^[2] user @BenjaminPDixon commented under the original post with an edit of the punch wind-up frame captioned, "Oh, so you support ICE?" garnering over 79,000 likes and 3,000 reposts in three days.

Later that day, X^[3] user @Jfcdoomblade posted a screenshot of the video with a caption reciting its dialogue, writing, "'Okay' Followed by this frame is one of the hardest things I’ve seen on the internet this week," garnering over 290,000 likes, 30,000 reposts and 11 million views in three days.

The post was shared by Instagram^[4] user bigdawgsocialism that day, garnering over 62,000 likes in three days.

On February 14th, X^[5] user @gio__palace posted an image of the puncher, captioning it, “'Turn off that bad bunny,'” garnering over 5,600 likes in two days.

Shortly after, Redditor u/CRGBRN posted the image to the /r/ArcRaiders^[6] subreddit, captioned, “'Have fun with my Kettle' (I will)," garnering over 8,400 likes in two days. The meme references the video game Arc Raiders and the Kettle Gun, which is considered a good weapon. In the context, the person with the Kettle Gun is trying to stop the puncher from attacking them because they have the gun. To the puncher, this only makes them more worth attacking and looting.

On February 15th, the Facebook^[7] page Your Problematic Faves posted an image of the kid, writing, "I hope this kid is having a good day," garnering over 4,400 reactions and 2,700 shares in a day.

Backlash Towards Danny Spud

The student who posted the video, Danny Spud, received significant backlash following the virality of the video.

On February 14th, 2026, X^[8] user @reddit_lies posted a screenshot from a Reddit thread about the video where a user writes that Spud should "speedrun the Charlie Kirk experience," writing, "Redditors wish death on a highschool kid because he held up a 'I support ICE' sign," garnering over 7,900 likes in six days.

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