In another horrid and infuriating story out of far-left Minnesota, a collection of leftist agitators, including fired former CNN hack Don Lemon, stormed a church in Minneapolis to harass ICE and the pastor, who was falsely accused of working with ICE. What the mob did was a major felony, and now calls are growing for them to face the repercussions.
What happened was that Don Lemon, formerly employed at CNN and now an independent podcaster, riled up a mob in the far-left city by claiming, apparently falsely, that the church and pastor had been working with ICE to detain and deport illegals. The church is an evangelical one called Cities Church.
Leading up to the incident in which Lemon and others stormed the church during church hours on Sunday, January 18, came after leftist social media personalities claimed that the church’s pastor, David Easterwood, is the Field Office Director of ICE in the area. In response to those claims, Lemon and others stormed the church.
Right Angle News Network, a right-leaning, news-focused X account, posted a clip of the horrible incident and said, in a post that quickly went viral, “Anti ICE agitators, led by failed CNN host Don Lemon, stormed a Minneapolis church this morning, halting services and holding members hostage because they believed the pastor was ICE affiliated.”
Similarly, another such account, Nick Sortor, said, “Leftist rioters in Minneapolis just STORMED A CHURCH after Don Lemon erroneously accused the priest of working with ICE WTF?! Just like Walz and Frey, Lemon is lying to spark riots out here. Lemon’s desperately trying to be relevant again.”
Right-leaning posters on X quickly noted that what Lemon and the protesters did in harassing the churchgoers and pastor was a major felony. As Douglas Mackey noted in response to one of the videos of the mob storming the church and harassing the churchgoers, “This is a violation of the FACE Act — a federal felony”.
For reference, the FACE Act (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act) is a federal law passed in 1994 that makes it a felony to use force, threats, or physical obstruction to block people from exercising their right to religious freedom at places of worship ensuring violent, threatening, or intimidating conduct can be punished by civil and criminal prosecution.
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Similarly, conservative commentator Will Chamberlain noted, “Save this video. It contains a bunch of easily identifiable people, unmasked, committing a federal crime.” Chiming in with a comment response to Chamberlain, commentator and Trump nominee Jeremy Carl said, “Literally the entire game at this point is just making sure we charge the many people who are committing obvious federal crimes.”
Carl added, “Right now, they are breaking the law with (perceived) impunity.” Chamberlain, agreeing, said, “Yeah I think this is a major screwup Normally leftists make themselves hard to identify when they are breaking the law. This time they are unmasked and bragging. Not smart!”
Watch the video of the mob storming the church here:
And watch Don Lemon harass the pastor here: