Last weekend, on Sunday, January 18, a group of roughly 40 anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters entered Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, during a morning worship service. They chanted “ICE out!” and demanded justice for Renee Good — the woman lethally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7 after she hit him with her vehicle while obstructing a federal immigration operation. The protesters targeted this particular church because one of its pastors, David Easterwood, is also the acting field director for the local ICE office.
The disruption deeply upset congregants and scared young children, resulting in multiple 911 calls. The U.S. Department of Justice is now investigating the incident for possible civil rights violations of the FACE Act, which makes it a
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