This morning, the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations announced there have been arrests in connection with that outrageous ICE “protest” at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday. According to FBI director Kash Patel, Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen have been taken into custody for violating the FACE Act.
The FACE Act is the federal law that makes it a crime for “whoever by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates, or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate, or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.”
Patel later added that a third suspect, William Kelly, was also apprehended. You may recall Kelly is the loudmouth we have been showing you this week who was screaming in the faces of congregants. He was wearing a “F*ck Trump” beanie when he was taken into custody.
The First Arrest
We got our first look at Armstrong in custody thanks to a post from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on X. She said Armstrong “played a key role in orchestrating the church riots” and is being charged with a federal crime under 18 USC 241 for conspiracy against rights, also known as the Klan Act.
So, what was Nekima Armstrong’s role in the protest? Well, Don Lemon was happy to tell us at the start of his six-hour livestream Sunday:
LEMON: These are resistance protesters. They are planning an operation that we’re going to follow them on. I can’t tell you exactly what they’re doing, but it’s called Operation Pull Up, and it’s Nekima Armstrong. She has been doing this since George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and others, where they surprise people, catch them off guard, and hold them to account. And so that’s what we’re doing here.
Don Lemon is not always the most reliable reporter, but luckily Ms. Armstrong spoke for herself. “This is Operation Pull Up, more of a clandestine operation,” she told Lemon. “We show up somewhere that is a key location. You don’t expect us to come there, and then we disrupt business as usual. So, that’s what we’re about to go do right now.”
She is on camera with Lemon saying they were going to a clandestine location with the purpose of disrupting what was happening there Now, if you are an anchor at CNN and you had an interview with this lady, don’t you think you might confront her with those facts, especially if she tried to lie about them on your national program?
Erin Burnett did no such thing. In the intro to the interview, Burnett apparently said something about how the group “rushed into” the church. And yet Armstrong tried to reframe the entire incident last night with zero pushback from Erin Burnett:
ARMSTRONG: I do want to correct something that was said in the beginning. We did not rush into that church. We actually went, and sat down, and participated in the service. And after the pastor prayed, that is when I stood up and asked him a question in response to his prayer… He responded to me, and then I proceeded to ask him about Pastor David Easterwood, and how is it possible for him to serve as both the pastor and the director of ICE from Minnesota, and instead of responding to me, as soon as said the name David Easterwood, the pastor says, ‘Shame, shame.’ And that is when I led us in chants, ‘Justice for Renee Good’ and ‘Hands up, don’t shoot.’ So, I want to clarify that. We didn’t rush in, we didn’t bust in. We were a part of the service until I got up and posed that question to the pastor.
Burnett’s response? “Alright. And obviously I’m not going to dispute your saying what happened. I’m merely describing how CNN is describing it. I obviously wasn’t in the room.”
But you are a chicken shit. You have tons of video showing what actually happened. How about showing two seconds of what happened inside of that church to illuminate the CNN audience? God forbid Erin Burnett show you what actually occurred. And then she lets her guest lie about what happened and says, ‘Oh, well, I wasn’t there, so obviously I’m not going to challenge you.’ That is a failure of journalism.
When you watch the footage of the start of the protests, which you can see in the video above, you hear Armstrong talking at the pastor and then the chants and demands begin. You can also hear the pastor say “you better get out” to one of the protesters.
So, Nekima, you’re an idiot. No one cares whether you sat there for the first couple of minutes. It is irrelevant. There is no doubt you did what you said you were going to do, which was to disrupt the unsuspecting parishioners who were trying to attend Sunday service. The law doesn’t care if you sat there for a few minutes before you launched your disruption.
What do we know about Armstrong? According to Fox News, she is currently the CEO of a cannabis company called Dope Roots. From 2019 through 2024, she led an anti-poverty non-profit called the Wayfinder Foundation. Armstrong received over $1 million in compensation during that time, but the organization only doled out around $700,000 in grants. She certainly didn’t have to worry about living in poverty.
The Second Arrest
As for the second woman under arrest, Chauntyll Louisa Allen, she is a community organizer and an elected member of the St. Paul School Board. It is just unbelievable that she has a role in educating what children learn in schools. You will be shocked to learn she is also listed as a founder of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities on her LinkedIn profile.
Allen was visible in the background as Armstrong spoke to Don Lemon inside the church about what they were doing there. As Armstrong was telling Lemon the protesters were “demanding justice for Renee Good and letting them know that this will not stand; they cannot pretend to be a house of God while harboring someone who is directing ICE agents to wreak havoc upon our community, and who killed Renee Good,” Allen was behind her chanting “ICE Out.”
They are all such idiots. “They cannot pretend to be a house of God”? She makes it very explicit that she is there attacking them based on their religious observance. This woman is effed. They are all going down, and it will be so satisfying.
Necessary Accountability
God bless Pam Bondi. God bless Harmeet Dhillon. God bless Kash Patel. Keep going. This is what we need to see, accountability for the lawlessness that we have seen time and time again on the progressive left. They are out of control. They are ruining this country. And as I said on Monday, they crossed a red line going into that church and now will be forced to pay.
I can’t wait for the mug shots of those ladies who love seeing their mugs on camera.
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