DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
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Key Points:
- The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at Cities Church in St. Paul, where a local ICE official, David Easterwood, serves as a pastor.
- Protesters chanted against ICE and demanded justice for Renee Good, a mother fatally shot by an ICE agent amid increased federal immigration enforcement.
- DOJ Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon condemned the protest as a federal civil rights violation for disrupting worship, while Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed prosecution if laws were broken.
- Protest organizers and local activists criticized the investigation, arguing it distracts from alleged violent ICE tactics and the pastor's dual role overseeing ICE operations.
- Easterwood has defended ICE's aggressive enforcement methods in court filings,
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