Feds Arrest BLM Suspects In Minnesota Church Protest

Federal agents began arresting suspects linked to a chaotic Sunday anti-deportation protest at a Minnesota church on Thursday morning, officials announced.

Activists Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen were detained for their alleged role invading and interrupting a service at Cities Church in St. Paul, which protesters claimed was tied to 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), federalofficials said on X. Both women held leadershippositions in Minnesota Black Lives Matter (BLM) groups, and Armstrong was formerly president of the Minneapolis National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), reports and professional profiles show.

Armstrong, a civil rights attorney, faces a conspiracy against rights charge, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who posted an image of her being restrained and escorted by a federal agent. Armstrong played a “key role in orchestrating” the protest, Noem said. Armstrong is also