Nakima Levy Armstrong

Going into church on Sundays and preaching, and then Monday through Saturday, you are condoning brutality, terrorism, abuse, violence against women, and even murder.

Nakima Levy Armstrong is a civil rights attorney and allegedly played a role in organizing the protest, in which demonstrators went to Cities Church, a Southern Baptist church, and chanted, Justice for Renee Good and ICE out.

One of the church's pastors, David Easterwood, leads the local ICE field office.

In a post on X announcing the arrest, U.S.

Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote, Listen loud and clear.

We do not tolerate attacks on places of worship.

Bondi is also the chair of President Trump's task force to, quote, eradicate anti-Christian bias.

This all comes as thousands of federal agents remain in the Twin Cities conducting immigration enforcement operations and large scale protests are planned for Friday.

Sarah Ventry, NPR News, Minneapolis.

One of those now facing charges, Nakima Levy Armstrong, who's accused of leading an anti-ICE protest in which a mob disrupted a Christian church service Sunday.

Getting into people's faces, screaming anti-ICE and anti-white chants, accusing the pastor of working with ICE.

Attorney General Pam Bondi on X saying, quote, listen loud and clear.

We do not tolerate attacks on places of worship.

Well, I think in terms of Representative Jasmine Crockett, her statement really spoke to what's been on the hearts and the minds of many Black Americans in terms of the through line to slave catchers.

We were drawing parallels to the

white hoods of the KKK and the masks that these agents are wearing.

And so I think she spoke directly to the experience of Black Americans.

But when you zoom out and you really examine what the hearing was today, I do think it was a powerful demonstration

among the congressmen and women who showed up today, a display of unity, a display of support for our state.

However, I think that the people who are in this state, whether you're working professionally, whether you're protesting,