A BLM leader who serves on a school board, a woke TikToker, and a third alleged ringleader of an anti-ICE mob who stormed a Minnesota church during Sunday service have been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday.
“We have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota,” AG Bondi said in a statement on X.
“Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,” she said.
Nekima Levy Armstrong, the alleged ringleader of the anti-ICE protest that stormed the Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, was arrested. DHS
Chauntyll Louisa Allen has been charged with conspiracy to deprive rights for her role in the St. Paul church riots. @DHSgov/XArmstrong allegedly led the raucous group, including Don Lemon, from the Racial Justice Network to storm the church and call out resident pastor David Eastwood, accusing him of moonlighting as the acting field office director for ICE in Minnesota.
A picture of Armstrong being led away in handcuffs was shared by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on X on Thursday morning.
“Religious freedom is the bedrock of the United States – there is no First Amendment right to obstruct someone from practicing their religion,” Sec. Noem said on X.
AG Bondi also confirmed that a second suspect, Chauntyll Louisa Allen, who bragged about organizing the protests, had been taken into custody in a separate X post.
Allen — a Black Lives Matter leader and member of the Saint Paul Public Schools Board of Education — had earlier compared herself to Jesus, saying she had been inspired by his cleansing of the temple.
“I grew up in the church and one of the things that I remember about Jesus Christ is that when things weren’t going right in the church, he went in and he flipped tables,” Allen told TMZ, adding that her mother was a pastor.
The anti-ICE protesters, including Don Lemon, went to call out resident pastor David Eastwood — who supposedly moonlights as an acting ICE field office director. Don Lemon / YouTube
“We have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong,” AG Pam Bondi announced. @AGPamBondi/XA spokesperson for the city’s Board of Education told The Post that the district “has been made aware of this incident and is following all applicable policies and procedures” but “does not comment on pending legal matters.”
Later Thursday afternoon, it was announced that an anti-ICE influencer, William Kelly, had also been arrested for his involvement in the church riots.
Kelly, who uses the handle “DaWokeFarmer” on TikTok, was pictured on X being taken into custody while wearing a beanie hat emblazoned with the words “F*ck Trump,” by Noem.
In a TikTok video shared Monday, Kelly had goaded Bondi to arrest him.
“Pam Bondi, you want to come and arrest me? You want to come and give me charges? So be it. And for all the people giving me death threats, threatening my life, kill me. Go ahead, kill me,” he ranted in the garbled video.
Armstrong, Allen, and Kelly are being charged with “conspiracy against rights,” which makes it a federal crime to intimidate someone in the free exercise of their rights as secured by the US Constitution.
William Kelly was being charged with conspiracy to deprive rights after the riot. @KristiNoem/XAG Bondi’s announcement was met with dozens of responses calling for the arrest of frequently-fired independent news commentator Lemon, who was allegedly among the rabble who stormed the church.
“Thank you AG Bondi! Let us know when Don Lemon is arrested as well,” one X user wrote.
“Christophobia has no place in Minnesota (or anywhere),” added a second.
