264

[Democracy Now] speak[s] with activist, civil rights attorney and ordained minister Nekima Levy Armstrong about her role in a protest at a St. Paul church on Sunday, where one of the pastors, David Easterwood, also leads a local ICE field office in the Twin Cities area. “I believe that if someone professes to represent the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to preach it, that they should not be allowing ICE agents to drag people out of their homes,” Levy Armstrong tells Democracy Now! She spoke from an undisclosed location after Trump officials vowed to investigate and possibly arrest the demonstrators.

top 11 comments
sorted by: hot top new old
[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 86 points 2 weeks ago

Remember folks, you can conduct an ICE raid in a church, but you can’t protest about it in a church.

[-] DrFistington@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago

Remember folks, with about $60 in cash purchases at your local military surplus store, you can cover your face and cosplay as a federal agent with friends and do whatever you can get away with

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Just don't claim to be a federal agent. That's very explicitly illegal. You can dress up however you want otherwise.

Get that lawsuit money after the fact.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

Protest at his church. Protest at his damn dentist. Give them no peace. They deserve none.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Anyone still attending this church with this piece of shit at the top deserves to be ridiculed as well

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago

church whose pastor is a top ICE official

I am SHOCKED.

[-] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

"Jesus was an immigrant from heaven" - Glenn

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 2 weeks ago

AMY GOODMAN: And I just want to ask you in the 10 seconds we have: Do you fear being arrested at any moment? NEKIMA LEVY ARMSTRONG: It is very possible that I will be. But I’m still standing firm on behalf of our democracy, and I’m not afraid of the Trump administration and their shenanigans. AMY GOODMAN: Nekima Levy Armstrong, Minneapolis-based civil rights attorney, founder of the Racial Justice Network, also ordained reverend and preacher.

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

Anyway, my fellow compadres, the lord Jesus. Jesus, I need to talk to you after this...

[-] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Every week someone posts a video of some crazy white woman ranting about LGBT going to hell or some other nonsense in churches and no one goes and picks them up. I'm not really sure what the charge even is here.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The charge is that conservatives are butthurt Karens being Karens, as per usual.

The way the world works, in their view is that they can and do nearly anything they want, including storming the Capitol to overturn a free and fair election, violently beat on cops in the process and threatening the lives of the VP and people in Congress. That's just "peaceful protest".

Barge into one of their churches and mildly inconvenience them? That's terrorism.

this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2026
264 points (99.3% liked)

politics

28043 readers
2564 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS