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2026-01-23 Fifth Column
Minneapolis Church Invasion: Feds Arrest Third Suspect and It's a Good One
[PJMedia] The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that it has arrested a third suspect in in connection with the invasion of church services this past Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul. It's William Kelly. You may remember him. He’s the anti-ICE agitator who has been challenging Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ to arrest him after taking part in the storming of the Cities Church services.

Kelly joins Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen in handcuffs following their roles in leading a bad boy group into a Baptist church and disrupting services.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel today announced that the three were arrested under 18 U.S. Code § 241, which is violated when "two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States."

Armstrong, a lawyer and social justice activist, was reported to be the organizer of the church invasion. She was president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP from 2015 to 2016. She has also run a number of activist groups that center on "racial equality and disparity" in the Twin Cities area.

Fox News reported that Armstrong is the founder and CEO of a cannabis company called Dope Roots, and that she made over $1 million over a six-year period running a "Minneapolis civil rights nonprofit that addresses anti-poverty issues."

Using tax filings from the Wayfinder Foundation as it source, Fox News reported:

The 2024 tax filing shows that despite the foundation being dedicated to giving grants to anti-poverty community initiatives, it awarded just $158,811 that year, while Armstrong brought in a salary of $215,726. She also took an additional $40,548 in health benefits, benefit plan contributions and deferred compensation.

Allen, a member of the St. Paul School Board, helped build the Black Lives Matter Twin Cities chapter.

The group they allegedly led organized outside of Cities Church on Sunday while services were quietly and peacefully taking place inside the building. Joined by former CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
host Don Lemon, with camera and microphone in tow, the group barged into the Christian worship service, took over the space, and chanted a number of divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
and accusatory things at the congregation, which included many children, families, and elderly people. Video of the activist raid shows how the congregants were caught off guard at first, not knowing if they were under violent mostly peaceful assault.

The holy warriors harassed church-goers while they were still in the building and as they tried to leave, ending services prematurely.

After the invasion, DOJ Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon disclosed that her civil rights division was investigating possible federal civil rights violations involving "desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers."

As for context, keep in mind that last summer a group of Catholic school children and others were the subject of a targeted mass shooting while they attended mass. Two children were killed, and 30 others were maimed.

The church raiders tried to justify their actions by claiming that one of the church’s pastors might be an ICE employee. Even if confirmed, it’s clear that the anti-ICE/BLM/anti-American protest movement now seems to think it’s okay to traumatize churchgoers to call attention to their own victimization.

Related: Minnesota federal magistrate judge Zia Faruqui has refused to sign the DOJ’s complaint against Lemon, which charges him for his role in the raid.

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-23 2026-01-23 03:04|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1813 views ]  Top
 File under: Antifa/BLM 

1 Burn'em.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-23 11:09||   2026-01-23 11:09|| Front Page Top

2 Here are the snitch lines for ICE posted by Blue Lives Matter. Yeah, just send them to biker bars.
Posted by Procopius2k 2026-01-23 16:08||   2026-01-23 16:08|| Front Page Top

3 Turns out Judge Zia M. Faruqui who refused to squeeze the Lemon is a January 6th corrupt judge.

That should tell you everything about why Don Lemon was not charged. Just another POS that the RINOs refuse to impeach.
Posted by Woodrow 2026-01-23 17:19||   2026-01-23 17:19|| Front Page Top

4 Appears to be some confusion on just who the Mag. Judge was? I've got a post for tomorrow that names "Magistrate Judge Douglas L. Micko had denied the Justice Department’s arrest warrant for Lemon."
Posted by Frank G 2026-01-23 17:28||   2026-01-23 17:28|| Front Page Top

5 Apparently JD Vance used the real Minnesota State Flag instead of the learing form at his presser.

That....that is magnificent.
Posted by swksvolFF 2026-01-23 17:44||   2026-01-23 17:44|| Front Page Top

6 Since magistrates are supervised by a "true" judge, who is he and what has he said?
Posted by Chantry 2026-01-23 17:46||   2026-01-23 17:46|| Front Page Top

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