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‘This is First Amendment activity’: Democrats give church-storming mobs their stamp of approval
Radicals participating in a so-called “ICE Out Action” stormed a Christian church on Sunday in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The interlopers — ex-CNN talking head Don Lemon and a motley crew of leftists hailing largely from Nekima Levy Armstrong’s Racial Justice Network, Black Lives Matter Minnesota, and BLM Twin Cities — not only lashed out at a pastor over his apparent role at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement but intimidated parishioners, drowned out sound of worship with their propaganda, and pressured the prayerful to condemn ICE.
The Justice Department has indicated that criminal charges for possible Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances Act and KKK Act violations are imminent. Despite the clear language of the relevant statutes, some Democrats have defended the mob action, indicating that churches are viable targets for further desecration.
‘When they find out that someone that’s supposed to be speaking for the community in church is found out to be in ICE … they have the right to go in there.’
When asked whether the DOJ has a case against the anti-ICE radicals who disrupted Minnesota Christians’ lawful exercise of religious freedom in a place of worship, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday, “Under this DOJ, wrongdoing has nothing to do with whether they’re going to focus or investigate you. So I wish in a normal time I would say no; I’d say this is First Amendment activity.”
After she suggested that “the optics of going into a place of worship are not necessarily great,” Burnett asked the Muslim Minnesota AG whether he was frustrated “that it happened this way.”
Nekima Levy Armstrong, the radical who led the intrusion into the church. Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images.
Ellison avoided answering the question, suggesting he was instead frustrated by the number of ICE agents operating in his crime-ridden jurisdiction and the possibility that troops might be deployed to Minnesota.
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (Ariz.), a co-sponsor of a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and a recent participant in an anti-ICE operation, is another Democrat who evidently figures churches are fair game for intimidation campaigns.
On a CNN appearance Monday, Grijalva justified the mob action, suggesting that the supposedly ICE-affiliated pastor “now knows what it’s like to have his daily life and privacy interrupted. This is a daily occurrence in our immigrant communities — being followed, being kidnapped, us out of our schools, churches, and hospitals.”
The Democrat congresswoman underscored that she did not think it was a step too far for “protesters” to go into churches, noting, “I think that when they find out that someone that’s supposed to be speaking for the community in church is found out to be in ICE, like a federal agent that is running ICE in their communities, they have the right to go in there.”
“Churches have always been an open door,” continued Grijalva. “And from my understanding in the videos that I saw, those protesters were not violent in any way.”
‘No cause — political or otherwise — justifies the desecration of a sacred space.’
Numerous Christian leaders and organizations evidently see things differently and have advocated for legal consequences in response to the intrusion.
Pastor Paul Chappell, president of the West Coast Baptist College, stated, “We condemn the actions of Don Lemon and the group of activists who stormed Cities Church today in St. Paul, Minnesota, in clear violation of the FACE Act. Christians everywhere should demand that the Department of Justice arrest those who participated. We must protect religious liberty in this country.”
“This group trespassed on private property and willfully obstructed Christian worship,” said Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board. “No cause — political or otherwise — justifies the desecration of a sacred space or the intimidation and trauma inflicted on families gathered peacefully in the house of God.”
Ezell added, “What occurred was not protest; it was lawless harassment.”
Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, called the mob action not only a “desecration” but an “unspeakably evil intrusion.”
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon stressed on Sunday that houses of worship are not public forums for the protests of radicals but spaces “protected from exactly such acts by federal criminal and civil laws.”
“We don’t want to prejudge, but I think it is fair to say that I saw multiple federal criminal incidents yesterday, and there will be charges,” Dhillon told Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck. “It’s only a question of when we can get a judge to sign off on arrest warrants and exactly what the charges would be.”
“We will not let this happen to another church in the United States. It is un-American, unacceptable, and there is a zero-tolerance policy for it at this DOJ,” added Dhillon.
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Employee at Houston Texans stadium sexually assaulted 8-year-old in bathroom stall, police say
A witness to a sexual assault of an 8-year-old boy at the Houston Texans stadium led to the arrest of a 21-year-old employee, according to Houston police.
The boy’s mother said that her son was washing his hands when he was directed into the bathroom stall by the worker, who then followed him into the stall.
‘I keep thinking about that Good Samaritan. I’m almost begging for the chance to shake that man’s hand and thank him.’
The suspect was identified by police as Ushay Marquise Nixon, who worked for Aramark as a restroom attendant at the time. The family said that Nixon acted inappropriately toward the child, who realized something was wrong and ran out of the stall.
A bystander saw some of the interaction and sought out the boy’s parents to let them know something happened to him.
“He had such concern in his voice. You could tell,” said the mother of the boy. “He kept saying, ‘I don’t know, it didn’t look right. I don’t know if you’re OK with that type of thing, I’m not.’ He just kept repeating himself. So you could sense the concern in his voice.”
When the boy said that a worker pulled his pants down in the bathroom, his father jumped into action and took the boy back to the restroom area, where he pointed out Nixon.
Nixon tried to hide in a supply closet, but police were able to detain the man after being called by the father.
Police said Nixon was charged with indecency with a child and posted surveillance video from the incident on their social media account. Prosecutors said in court that he had been accused in two similar cases but that those were dismissed after family members refused to press forward.
The boy’s father wants to thank the witness who stepped in.
“I wasn’t able to protect him that day, but he protected himself,” the father said. “And I keep thinking about that Good Samaritan. I’m almost begging for the chance to shake that man’s hand and thank him.”
“We would love to thank him,” the boy’s mother said.
Aramark said in a statement that Nixon was no longer with the company and that the company was cooperating fully with police.
The family has also sued Aramark for hiring an accused pedophile as a restroom attendant.
Police are looking for witnesses to the incident, including the Good Samaritan, to step forward to aid their investigation.
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CLINTON IN RESURFACED CLIP: ‘Whether They’re Guilty or Innocent of Crimes, They are Here Illegally and Should Be Sent Out of the Country’
A resurfaced clip from a 1995 Bill Clinton radio address shows the former president pledging to triple deportations of illegal immigrants, stating they should be removed “whether they’re guilty or innocent of crimes” to enforce immigration laws.
Man accused of monstrous abuse of stepson is brain-dead after trying to commit suicide in jail — case now centers on mother
An Oklahoma man who tried to commit suicide in jail after being accused of monstrous sexual abuse of his 12-year-old stepson is brain-dead, according to police.
George Franklin Cole Jr., 43, and Kimberly Cole, 33, were arrested after their son went missing for nine days from their Chickasha home on Jan. 11.
The state was likely to take him off of life support and declare him dead.
When volunteers found the boy at the family’s farm, he told investigators that he had run away to escape after years of torment at the hands of his mother and his stepfather.
The stepfather had stabbed and tased the boy after binding him with zip-ties and handcuffs, according to the boy. He had also beaten the boy with a nightstick and abused him with a cattle probe.
He was charged with 14 felonies that included eight counts of child abuse, one count of child sexual abuse, three counts of child neglect, and conspiracy.
The mother was charged with similar charges, including crimes against nature related to bestiality.
Caddo County district attorney Jason Hicks said the stepfather tried to commit suicide by hanging after he returned to his cell on Jan. 12 from his first court appearance.
On Friday, the county confirmed to KFOR-TV that the man had been pronounced brain-dead.
A motion to modify bail for the man said that he had been in critical condition since the suicide attempt and had been on life support. The state was likely to take him off of life support and declare him dead.
If he dies, the charges will die with him. If he is able to survive, then the charges can be revived against him.
The mother will face her own charges related to the alleged abuse of her child. The boy’s biological father is trying to regain custody of his son.
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‘Moderate’ Abigail Spanberger Appoints Two Qatari Lobbyists To Serve on George Mason University Board
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