Anti-ICE agitators disrupt Minnesota church, shout down worshippers during Sunday service
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Anti-ICE protesters disrupted services and shouted down parishioners inside a Christian church in Minnesota over the weekend for not challenging the Trump administration's immigration operations.
Several dozen protesters went inside the Cities Church in Minneapolis on Sunday and shouted down those in mass for not participating in anti-ICE demonstrations.
"Where are your people? Why are you not…. fighting for humanity," one protester is heard yelling.
A livestream video of the incident was posted online by Black Lives Matter Minnesota. Protesters were heard shouting "ICE out" and "Justice for Renee Good" in the middle of services in front of shocked churchgoers.
Dr. Joe Rigney, a former pastor at Cities Church , said the church isn't political.
"It's remarkable to see that sort of thing in America," he told "The Story with Martha MacCallum." "To watch people disrupt, frighten children, harass churchgoers who are simply trying to worship God."
"Instead of going to a normal Sunday, they have loud, angry, vile people screaming and chanting at them," he added.
Protests against ICE have increased in Minnesota following the fatal shooting of Good by an ICE agent. The Trump administration said Good was attempting to ram the agent with her vehicle when he opened fire.
The protesters allege that one of the church’s pastors — David Easterwood — also leads the local ICE field office overseeing the operations that have involved alleged violent tactics and illegal arrests.
Easterwood was in the church at the time of the protest. The Justice Department said it is investigating the incident.
"I just spoke to the Pastor in Minnesota whose church was targeted," Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X Sunday. "Attacks against law enforcement and the intimidation of Christians are being met with the full force of federal law."
"If state leaders refuse to act responsibly to prevent lawlessness, this Department of Justice will remain mobilized to prosecute federal crimes and ensure that the rule of law prevails," she added.
Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon likewise said they are investigating the incident.
"This heinous act that occurred in Minnesota yesterday is receiving the highest level of attention from @TheJusticeDept," Dhillon posted on X. "@AGPamBondi & I are working around the clock, because no right in our Constitution is more sacred than the freedom to assemble & pray to God."
Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis have taken to the streets where they have clashed with authorities in the wake of Good's death. On Monday, protesters also staged a sit-in at a Target store in nearby St. Paul demanding the retailer stop allowing ICE to operate in its parking lot.
A spokesperson for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he doesn't support the interruption of church services by protesters.
"The Governor has repeatedly and unequivocally urged protesters to do so peacefully," the spokesperson told Fox News. "While people have a right to speak out, he in no way supports interrupting a place of worship."
Rigney said Walz and other local officials have encouraged the "lawlessness" amid ICE's "lawful mission."
"And yet the governor of Minnesota has been encouraging them to urgently and loudly protest these actions," he said. "And it's not just simply disputing law enforcement actions, it's following law enforcement agents to their places of worship, harassing their families, scaring their children, anyone that's associated with them, demanding that they denounce them."
"These are terrible tactics and it's shameful that the governor would be so tepid in his condemnation," he added.
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Major news story out of Minneapolis. Let me be the first to post it on NT.
The ICE protestors/ACTIVISTS disrupted Church services this past weekend. As Rigney pointed out it is remarkable "To watch people disrupt, frighten children, harass churchgoers who are simply trying to worship God."
And I would like to add there was not a Minneapolis cop to be found.
The desperation of Trump Republicans grows. Protesters randomly selected a church for no reason whatsoever. The fact that ICE recruited ministers to engage in inhumane activities had no bearing on the protest at all.
ICE has been disrupting churches, too. So, the holier-than-thou chest thumping hides a more sinister endorsement for BIGGER Big Government. This is not rule of law, this is power of the gun. This is not defending the Constitution, it's trampling the constitution.
And Minnesota democrats are defending this…
To the surprise of nobody.
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Can we get a link?
You havent seen this story? What news do you follow? They may not have shown it on Fox News or OAN.
All I'm asking for is a link.
Why?
Because I want to see how it relates to the disruption on Church services.
With all the effort to resist you could have simply submitted a link. I used to do it for a former member who asked for links to the most common news stories. You do recall her, right?
I offered the photo as a counterpoint to your contention that the church protest is the most important thing to discuss about Minneapolis. Seven ICE agents, weapons drawn , entered that mans home without a warrant and brought him out half naked into zero degrees temperature, even though he is a US citizen.
They drove him around for an hour and then released him , with no apology.
If regular police enter a home, with a warrant, and the person they are looking for is not there or doesnt live there, they leave.
Oh, I see. In that case, I disagree.
Leftwing activists denying the citizens of Minneapolis their freedom/right to worship is far more important.
And guess what .... It is the new narrative!
Government jackboots are denying the innocent citizens of Minneapolis their freedom to be left alone inside their homes.
Never mind trying to deflect. Leftwing activists have denied the citizens of Minneapolis their basic rights.
Yep. Ice has operations all over the country without any of the problems Minneapolis has. The only difference is the far left wing nuts that think they have the right to impede ICE and the local far left wing nut officials that stop the police force from helping ICE
Leftwing activists denying the citizens of Minneapolis their freedom/right to worship is far more important.
How will these Christians ever move on from this?! What an important article. Maybe a few years of intense therapy is in order.
The irony of this as the left is engaging in insurrection because foreign criminals are being deported.
Instead of attacking the first amendment, maybe you should join your comrades and go blow whistles to protect child molesters
Your definition of criminal is clearly out of sync with reality. The only one protecting pedophiles is the pedophile in the White House.
Via the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ.
Boy, I sure hope they jump right on this. It sure beats shooting innocent women in the face while they are operating a moving vehicle on a public road.
Innocent woman? Laughable!
So typical idiot behavior from the expected idiots.
I think this alters the narrative since the shooting.
Could that be why so many fear this story?
I dont think anyone here fears this story. Its just that it is a more or less minor aspect of what is going on in Minneapolis.
I dont think people should bring political protests into churches , or even on the church grounds outside, and if laws were broken then the ones who took part should face justice.
I think that many on the left are terrified of losing out on what looked so bad for Trump only weeks ago and now having the activist protestors exposed for what they are.
Its just that it is a more or less minor aspect of what is going on in Minneapolis.
No, John, once again people on the left overplayed their hand.
I dont think people should bring political protests into churches , or even on the church grounds outside, and if laws were broken then the ones who took part should face justice.
Walz said the same thing, but I didn't see the Minneapolis police coming to the aid of church goers.
They're not going to change their narrative about that. They've invested too much time into trying to gaslight everybody into believing their narrative.
I don't think that they "fear" it as much as they haven't been told what to think and say about it.
70% of Americans say ICE is not making cities safer. That should be the main story.
You are right, they'll keep harping about the shooting, BUT the American people will now take notice of what just happened in that Church.
I don't think that they "fear" it as much as they haven't been told what to think and say about it.
For students yes, for the already indoctrinated no.
Perceptions change as events unfold.
And there will be another gaslighting campaign to push a narrative about that as well despite the obvious evidence.
I suspect that many who love saying "I saw it in the video" will suddenly become deaf & dumb.
That seems to happen a lot with them.
Link?
" Generally speaking, do you think that enforcement actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) are making cities (more safe), making cities (less safe) or are they not having much effect on safety?
Less safe 51%
Not having much effect 18%
More safe 31% "
cnn-poll-immigration-minneapolis-ice.pdf
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only 31% say ICE is making cities more safe.
Wait...your claim was 70%. where is that link?
Now we just have to figure out why these clowns are actively putting themselves in danger and interfering with the operations. Oh wait...
My claim was that 70% do not say ICE is making cities safer. Look at the post and see that the percentage of those saying ICE did make cities safer is 31%. That leaves 69% who did not say ICE is making cities safer. Sorry I was off by one percent.
Did it say how many of these people only get their news from MSNBC or CNN?
Unless of course you were one of the church goers being terrorized by this deranged idiot.
That anyone of sound mind and body, would not denounce such behavior, is really beyond the pale. Sad, very sad.
I have already said that people who unlawfully entered the church should face justice.
You said it was a minor aspect of what was going on in Minneapolis. Comparing one man’s alleged improper detention with a church full of terrorized innocent people.
interesting to say the least
One poll is not very telling I don’t believe that percentage one bit. Not from observation via my travels.
The reporting blogger site is the key.
Yet you won't do the same for the dimwits getting involved in ICE operations.
Why would that be the main story? Enforcement of the law is not based on polling data.
He's not wrong. This is just another episode of "regular people minding their own business being annoyed and alienated by batshit self-righteous leftists."
The stated purpose of these deployments by both DHS and Trump is that doing so is making American cities safer. Trump has bragged about just that a number of times.
One of the reasons they have to paint the ICE activities as being anti-crime is because most Americans dont care if non criminal illegal immigrants are here.
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OK. And? That has nothing to do with a poll.
Whether or not someplace is safer is measurable by actual crime data, not asking a bunch of people about their feelings.
Add that to the very long list. Why do we care, exactly? This is exactly as pertinent as a feelings poll. Not at all.
True, but most Americans also understand that laws need to be enforced and that isn't always pleasant to watch.
Trump talks of ICE activities making cities safer in order to emphasize whatever criminality there is. He knows polling does not support deporting non criminal illegal immigrants.
I cant make it any plainer than that.
Trump doesnt often talk about the letter of the law, he talks about how ICE is making these cities safer.
Trump talks a lot of shite. Why do we seem to be constantly maintaining an itemized list? It's like following a cow around cataloging everything it leaves in the field.
He also knows that doesn't matter even a small amount.
We're talking about the law.
It's his job to organize its enforcement, just like it was Obama's job 15 years ago. Obama was a far better deporter than Trump, BTW.
All you're "making plain" is that you still think popularity contests somehow matter in the face of law. They don't.
Whether or not cities are safer is easy to see, and it has zero to do with people's feelings about it.
This should be low hanging fruit here. Is crime down? Is violent crime down? Are murders down? Armed robberies? Sexual assaults? Human trafficking? We keep statistics on all this.
I am explaining to you why Trump rarely talks about the letter of the law but often talks about how safe he thinks ICE is making cities. If you cant see the connection to polling I cant help you any further.
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Don Lemin getting indicted under the kkk act would be pretty sweet..
This terrorist anchored a cnn show for years,,, but they aren’t biased..
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