Protest at Minnesota Church Service Adds to Tensions Over ICE Tactics
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Protesters disrupted a Sunday service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, to protest a pastor's alleged role as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official amid heightened tensions following an ICE agent's fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis.
- The demonstration, led by civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong, targeted David Easterwood, a church leader and acting director of ICE’s enforcement and removal operations in St. Paul, who is also named in a lawsuit over aggressive ICE tactics.
- Videos show protesters chanting "ICE out" and halting the service, prompting congregants to leave as worship music played; it remains unclear if Easterwood was present during the protest.
- The Justice Department announced an investigation into the incident,
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