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BumRushDaShow

(166,481 posts)
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 07:19 PM 20 hrs ago

Women arrested over anti-ICE church protest in St Paul freed from detention

Source: The Guardian

Fri 23 Jan 2026 19.06 EST


Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen, who were arrested and charged for their role in an anti-ICE demonstration that disrupted Sunday church services in St Paul, Minnesota, have been released. Video of the two women posted online showed them emerging from detention on Friday, raising their fists and embracing their loved ones. “Thank you all for being here,” Levy Armstrong said. “Glory to God!”

A federal judge ordered their release, ruling that the government had failed “to meet its burden to demonstrate that a detention hearing is warranted, or that detention is otherwise appropriate”. A judge has also ordered the released of a third activist involved in the church protest, William Kelley, saying he was not a danger to the public, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

On Thursday, the White House was caught posting a digitally altered image of Levy Armstrong’s arrest on social media, which had been manipulated to falsely portray her as crying, and to darken her skin. The photo was captioned in all caps: “Arrested far-left agitator Nekima Levy Armstrong for orchestrating church riots in Minnesota.”

The deception was uncovered by the Guardian and other news outlets, in part because the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, had earlier posted the original image which showed Levy Armstrong looking composed.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/st-paul-ice-protest-women-released



Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.230689/gov.uscourts.mnd.230689.22.0.pdf

REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143603533
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Women arrested over anti-ICE church protest in St Paul freed from detention (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago OP
The courts in Minnesota are following the law. Good. SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #1
i wonder if this is the church where the pastor/minister/whatever is in cahoots with ice or connected w/ice orleans 12 hrs ago #2
if the white house can fuck with people's images & videos by using AI and distorting what actually happened orleans 11 hrs ago #3
Trump CONSTANTLY whines about "fake news" Skittles 10 hrs ago #4

SunSeeker

(57,735 posts)
1. The courts in Minnesota are following the law. Good.
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 08:42 PM
19 hrs ago

Those women shouldn't have any jail time. They were trespassing, at worst. Insane that they were jailed.

You know who should have been jailed immediately? Donald Trump, when Garland found top secret documents in a Mar-a-Lago bathroom.

orleans

(36,702 posts)
2. i wonder if this is the church where the pastor/minister/whatever is in cahoots with ice or connected w/ice
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 03:47 AM
12 hrs ago

it was a story i heard about the other day

orleans

(36,702 posts)
3. if the white house can fuck with people's images & videos by using AI and distorting what actually happened
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 03:53 AM
11 hrs ago

i'm wondering when someone is gong to start making memes depicting trump fucking 12 year old girls and boys. that might make a psa reminder for releasing the epstein files

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