Staff Reports
Federal authorities have finally begun enforcing the rule of law where local officials would not, making arrests of organizers who stormed a Sunday service at Cities Church in St. Paul and disrupted worship. Attorney General Pam Bondi personally announced the arrests, signaling that the Department of Justice will not tolerate intimidation of houses of worship.
The suspects taken into custody include prominent activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Louisa Allen, and livestreamer William Kelly — figures who have repeatedly used public platforms to rile up crowds. These were not peaceful community organizers politely asking questions; they barged into a service and turned a sacred hour into a political mob scene.
Federal prosecutors opened a civil‑rights probe and are applying statutes designed to protect access to religious services and prevent conspiracies to obstruct rights, sending a clear message that disrupting worship crosses a line. The use of laws like the Freedom of Access provisions shows this administration is serious about defending constitutional freedoms from left‑wing lawlessness.
Make no mistake: this episode was political theater dressed up as protest, timed around outrage over the tragic killing of Renée Good and weaponized to target a pastor who also serves in federal immigration enforcement. Chanting “ICE out” inside a Southern Baptist church while worshippers pleaded for peace is not courage — it is coercion, and Americans of faith deserve protection from that intimidation.
Conservatives should welcome these arrests because protecting churches is not a partisan favor, it is basic law and order. Vice President J.D. Vance’s tough talk about sending lawbreakers to prison was exactly the kind of backbone this country needs when the far left tries to shut down dissenting voices and sacred spaces.
Local officials who rush to defend the mob rather than the victims of the disruption are showing their true priorities, and voters will remember who sided with chaos. If the Biden years taught us anything, it’s that sitting on the sidelines lets the radicals win; this administration’s willingness to act restores hope that institutions and innocent worshippers will finally be protected.
