As my colleague Brad Slager wrote on Thursday concerning the state of Minnesota, we are living in a cycle of perpetual outrage. I’ll add entitlement to that equation. Thinking that the First Amendment gives you the right to harass, attack, and do harm to federal agents because you think criminal illegals need your protection, and demanding justice for activists who made poor choices that get them killed, requires some next-level deception, heavy drugs, or a combination of both. As RedState reported, one of the protests fully jumped the shark. In a coordinated attack, a group of activists stormed a St. Paul, MN church to terrorize the parishioners who simply came to church to worship.
As RedState and our sister site Townhall reported, these so-called social justice warriors stormed into the Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the middle of their worship service, on the premise that one of the church’s pastors was associated with ICE. My colleague Nick Arama revealed that former CNN anchor Don Lemon decided to join the terrorists to livestream the protest, because “journalism.”
One of the activists used scripture to excuse their terrible behavior, declaring that “Judgment begins at the house of God.” Hebrews 10:31 says that, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God,” so this person and his cohorts may be getting more than they bargained for.
And they did. Attorney General Pam Bondi filed charges against Nekima Levy Armstrong, who Bondi alleged helped to organize the coordinated ambush; Chauntyll Allen, a school board member and self-proclaimed educator and activist; and professional protester William Kelly. Armstrong and Allen were arrested on Thursday, and Kelly soon after that. As RedState further reported, on Friday they were all released pending court proceedings. Along with the damning video, the FBI Affidavit in support of the warrant revealed the depth of verbal violence and chaos these agitators caused, worse than what was originally reported or what the viral video exposed. The Affidavit witnesses attested to parents being blocked from being able to retrieve their children, agitators screaming in the faces of children, and one person who ended up breaking their arm trying to escape from the chaos.
One woman broke her arm.
Congregants “were terrorized, our children were weeping, college students and young women were sobbing, it was impactfly and it will take time to work through.”
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— Tyler O’Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 25, 2026
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Ahead of the DOJ charges, Armstrong attempted to downplay that her and her band of marauders caused any harm. Armstrong had the nerve to claim that her group “participated in the service.”
As my colleague Nick Arama reported:
Armstrong may have suspected the hammer was about to fall when she went on CNN’s Erin Burnett Outfront on Wednesday, since she gave a fascinating spin on what they did at the house of worship. Armstrong claimed that they did not “rush into the church,” that they actually “sat down and participated in the service.”
As Arama also noted, the video told a different tale, and the interviews documented in the affidavit make Armstrong look even worse.
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Nekima Armstrong, a main ringleader, said that @citieschurch “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.”
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— Tyler O’Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 25, 2026
From Page 11 of the affidavit:
Paragraph 29. While at the church [redacted] interviewed ARMSTRONG, who stated, “I told [inaudible] that Victim 1 is a pastor here and he also serves as a Director of the Field Office for ICE in St. Paul. [redacted] asked, “Are you sure that he’s…?” ARMSTRONG answered, “Yes, Cities Church, and that’s why we’re here. We’re 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, who almost killed a six-month-old baby. Enough is enough. I am a reverend, on top of being a lawyer and an activist.”
Armstrong should have decided to just be a “reverend” that day and not try to be judge, jury, and executioner. Her cohort, William Kelly, was even worse.
27. During [redacted] broadcast, ARMSTRONG and ALLEN are observed yelling “ICE out.” KELLY can also be heard yelling, “This ain’t God’s house. This is the house of the devil.” Based on my review of KELLY’s numerous social media posts, I recognize that is KELLY’s voice on the video saying those words.
What is truly horrible is that the activists blocked distressed parents from being able to get to their children and yelled in children’s faces, making them cry. Page 18 reads:
46. Victim 4 informed agents that members of their parish attempted to retrieve their children from the childcare area located downstairs, but the agitators were blocking the stairs, and the parents were unable to get to their children. Victim 4 recalled one agitator was threatening, aggressive, and intimidating towards parishioners. Additionally, this agitator was screaming and getting into people’s faces, to include women and young children. This agitator continue to scream in the faces of young children while they were crying.
Who does this?
Victim 6 recalled his child stating to him “Daddy, I thought you were going to die.” Victim 6 ended the interview and acknowledged that his children are traumatized.
Ya think?!
🚨HORRIFYING NEW DETAILS
The invasion of Cities Church was even worse than we thought.
Agitators blocked stairs so “parents were unable to get to their children” at Sunday School.😡
One told a kid, “Do you know your parents are Nazis, they’re going to burn in hell?”
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— Tyler O’Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 25, 2026
Perhaps these interviews should have been more closely considered in the judge’s decision to allow these miscreants to be released on bail. Although with the level of TDS among the judiciary, it may not have made a difference. As the Daily Signal’s Tyler O’Neill surmises, this invasion is an atrocity. Whether through the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division or the lawsuit Cities Church will file against these terrorizers, justice must be served.
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