US EditionAppeals court rejects Justice Department’s push to charge more people over Minnesota church demonstration
The Justice Department sought urgent warrants to charge five additional protesters but the 8th Circuit court denied the request, allowing only three arrests under a federal law protecting worship services.
- On Jan. 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit refused the U.S. Justice Department's emergency request to revive charges against five other proposed defendants accused of disrupting a Minnesota church service this month.
- After a magistrate judge declined warrants for five proposed defendants including Don Lemon, the Justice Department first asked Chief U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz and then filed a Jan. 23 petition to the appeals court.
- On Jan. 22, prosecutors arrested Minneapolis civil rights activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Louisa Allen and veteran William Kelly on federal FACE Act charges; all were released the next day and a judge struck an obstruction charge.
- All three appeals judges declined to grant emergency review, with Chief U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz calling the request `unheard of in our district'; prosecutors retain the grand jury option across seven U.S. states.
- Amid a broader immigration enforcement push, the case has drawn national attention as the Trump administration pursues a sweeping immigration crackdown and vows to protect Christian services after a Jan. 18 protest at Cities Church, St. Paul over a pastor's ICE ties.
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The DOJ tried to charge 8 church invaders. Here’s what went wrong * WorldNetDaily * by Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal
Source link Federal judges in Minnesota have rejected the Justice Department’s charges against some of the anti-ICE agitators who invaded a church during service earlier this month, and others have released multiple defendants, even as the Justice Department has appealed some of these decisions. After the Justice Department filed charges against eight agitators for depriving
Appeals Court Denies DOJ’s Bid to Arrest More Minnesota Church Protesters
A federal appeals court on Jan. 23 denied the Justice Department’s (DOJ’s) request to arrest more individuals involved in an anti-ICE protest that occurred inside a church in Minnesota earlier this month. Protesters disrupted a Sunday service at Cities Church in St. Paul on Jan. 18, chanting phrases such as “Justice for Renee Good,” following claims that one of the church pastors serves as the acting field office director for Immigration and Cus…
The Justice Department Tried to Charge 8 Church Invaders — Here’s What Went Wrong
(Daily Signal)—Federal judges in Minnesota have rejected the Justice Department’s charges against some of the anti-ICE agitators who invaded a church during service earlier this month, and others have released multiple defendants, even as the Justice Department has appealed some of these decisions. After the Justice Department filed charges against eight agitators for depriving churchgoers of their rights to exercise their religion under the Fir…
Minnesota protesters' rare disruption of church services recalls the Quakers during the colonial era before the American Revolution
One of the most dramatic actions in recent memory was 1989's “Stop the Church," organized by members of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP).
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