"Protesters" Now Assaulting Random People on the Streets of Minneapolis Hunting for ICE Agents and Invading Churches

When leftists passed the FACE Act, to make it illegal to protest outside an abortion clinic, jackass Republicans went along with it, but insisted that it also make disrupting/"protesting" a church service as well. (I say they're jackasses because they didn't block this law entirely.)

Leftists are now violating the FACE Act that Biden used to throw peaceful protesters in jail.

LOCK.

THEM.

UP.

Before that: Via John Sexton, the DOJ has subpoenaed Walz, Frey, and other Minnesota officials. They're looking for evidence that these men are violating federal law by conspiring to block federal law enforcement efforts.

DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

One of the sources, a U.S. official, said the investigation stems from statements that Walz and Frey have made about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks.

Subpoenas are likely to be issued in the probe, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

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Walz and Frey, both Democrats, have vocally denounced the federal deployment to the Twin Cities, accusing federal agents of creating chaos and undermining public safety through aggressive tactics.

Earlier this week, Frey said the federal deployment had created a situation that was "not sustainable."

"We're in a position right now where we have residents that are asking the very limited number of police officers that we have to fight ICE agents on the street," Frey said. "We cannot be at a place right now in America where we have two governmental entities that are literally fighting one another."

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who visited Minneapolis with FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday, appeared to make a vague reference to the investigation earlier this week.

"Walz and Frey- I'm focused on stopping YOU from your terrorism by whatever means necessary. This is not a threat. It's a promise," Blanche wrote on X earlier this week.

They also should be investigated for refusing to arrest antifa and other violent anarchists for attacking citizens in the street:

Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze

So to catch you up on events:

- Protest group chased two innocent dudes out of a diner.

- Attacked an innocent guy on the street who was actually with them.

- Harassed an innocent guy with an SUV and demanded to see his ID.

- Blocked an innocent guy because of his rental car plates

- Have now stormed into church services.

And I haven't seen a single Minneapolis police officer in any of the previous week's video footage.

A mob of extremists raided a church, hunting a pastor they claimed was secretly an ICE agent.

This is insane. It's also illegal.

Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet

Three thoughts for Don Lemon:

1 - He's an unserious clown.

2 - He would have never barged into a Mosque and live-streamed a "protest" if Muslims were involved. This was a direct attack on Christians.

3 - This is what a FACE Act violation is:

"FACE Act violations involve using force, threats, or physical obstruction to interfere with access to places of worship. The FACE Act makes it illegal to intimidate, injure, or obstruct patients, providers, or religious attendees."

Don Lemon and his comrades deserve to be investigated and charged.

Lemon is now talking tough to the "right wing fake media" insisting he didn't violate the FACE act because he was Making a Journolizm, but his statements before he illegally invaded the church make it clear that he was just another scumbag antifa protester. Just one not wearing a mask.

This makes it cleat that Lemon was present as part of the "protest," not a disinterested "journalist." The woman he's kissing is the lead organizer of the illegal protest.

The organizer of the event -- a lawyer who should definitely be prosecuted -- thanked Lemon for joining the protest. And, I guess, for kissing her fat face.

Chuck Ross lays out the case that Lemon is a part of the illegal protest, not just a "chronicler."

Disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon colluded with anti-ICE activists now under investigation for storming a Minnesota church on Sunday--a "clandestine" operation that Lemon helped keep secret ahead of time before publicizing it once it began.

Lemon, who was fired from CNN in 2023 over mistreatment of female colleagues, accompanied Minneapolis lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong on "Operation Pull Up" at Cities Church in Saint Paul to protest the ICE shooting earlier this month of 37-year-old Renee Good. According to Armstrong, the operation targeted Cities Church because an associate pastor is allegedly the acting director of Saint Paul's ICE office.

"Pull up" is black slang for confront someone to provoke them into a fight, or to threaten them.

"We show up somewhere that is a key location," Armstrong told Lemon in an interview prior to the event. "They don't expect us to come there. And then we disrupt business as usual."

Lemon, who kissed Armstrong on the cheek at the beginning of their interview, accompanied the activist and others, including Saint Paul school board member Chauntyll Allen and members of Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, from its staging site in a Dollar General parking lot to the church. At the church, Armstrong and her cohort disrupted the service with shouts of "ICE Out!" and other slogans. The pastor targeted in the operation was not present at the church on Sunday.

The Department of Justice is investigating the incident, and there are growing calls on social media to arrest Lemon. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon said Sunday that she is investigating the incident for a potential violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which makes it illegal to block access to houses of worship. Dhillon also took a swipe at Lemon, writing that his "pseudo journalism" is not protected by the First Amendment.

"You are on notice!" she wrote.

Lemon responded to Dhillon's remarks, distancing himself from Armstrong's organization.

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A review of Lemon's live feed shows he was an enthusiastic supporter of "Operation Pull Up," even as he at times denied being a participant.

Lemon opened his live stream saying he had conducted "some reconnaissance" and had been speaking to an organization "that's gearing up for resistance and protest." Lemon said he had been "pleasantly surprised seeing the community coming together" in the wake of Good's shooting.

"These are resistance protesters that are planning an operation that we're going to follow them on," he said. "I can't tell you exactly what they're doing." But he described it as an operation "where they surprise people, catch them off guard, and hold them to account."

"Because they are strategizing, I don't want to get too much of their information there," said Lemon, also admitting that he "turned my camera off" at one point to avoid publicizing the "secret" plans.

The "journalist" turned off his cameras so as not to reveal his "subjects'" plans and strategy.

That doesn't sound like a "journalist."

He thanked Armstrong for inviting him to join the event. After the operation, Armstrong thanked "all of the activists who showed up + independent journalists," listing Lemon and others.

Inside the church, Lemon sought to cast himself as a neutral journalist observing the foray.

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But moments later, Lemon praised the tactics of "Operation Pull Up."

"That's what I believe when I say everyone has to be willing to sacrifice something," he said. "You have to make people uncomfortable in these times. You have to be willing to go into places and disrupt and make people uncomfortable."

Read the whole thing. I mean Harmeet Dhillon. She should read the whole thing and write up an arrest warrant based on it.

posted by Ace at 12:10 PM

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