Protests Inside Churches Are Unusual Despite Long History of Civil Disobedience in the US

Who are the 3 charged in St. Paul church protest? St. Paul school board member, civil rights attorney, social media personality

At a community meeting in St. Paul earlier this month, when civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong took the mic, she noted that most people know her from her advocacy work in Minneapolis. “What most people don’t know is that I actually got started in police accountability and civil rights right here in St. Paul,” she said. Levy Armstrong, who calls herself a social justice activist and has often been in the news through the years, has been …

Trump Revives Legal Threat Against Don Lemon After DOJ Effort Fails

President Donald Trump on Sunday revived the administration’s attacks on independent journalist Don Lemon for his coverage of an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota church, sharing a story that mischaracterized an appeals court’s decision not to force an arrest warrant. Trump shared a link on his Truth Social page from the conservative website Just the News, the headline of which read, “Appeals court finds evidence to charge Don Lemon over church pr…

Protests inside churches are unusual despite long history of civil disobedience in U.S.

American religious history is rife with protest movements. Yet political protests inside a house of worship are unusual. That is a striking aspect of a new case against anti-ICE protesters in St. Paul, Minnesota. The group disrupted a service last…

Protests inside churches are unusual despite long history of civil dis

American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to happen inside a house of worship. That is part of what makes the new case against anti-ICE protesters in St. Paul, Minnesota, unusual. The group interrupted a service last Sunday at Cities Church, a Southern Baptist congregation, where one of its pastors works for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Three of the protes…

Protests inside churches are unusual despite long history of civil disobedience in the US

American religious history is rife with protest movements. Yet political protests inside a house of worship are unusual.

Protests inside churches are unusual despite long history of civil disobedience in the US - The Morning Sun

American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to happen inside a house of worship. That is part of what makes the new case against anti-ICE protesters in St. Paul, Minnesota, unusual. The group interrupted a service last Sunday at Cities Church, a Southern Baptist congregation, where one of its pastors works for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Three of the protes…