Federal authorities finally dropped the hammer in Minnesota, and it was overdue. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that far-left activist Nekima Levy Armstrong has been arrested for her role in organizing the storming of a church during an anti-ICE protest in St. Paul. After days of excuses, media spin, and activist hand-wringing, law enforcement stepped in and made it clear that attacking places of worship is not protected cosplay rebellion.
According to Bondi, agents with Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed the arrest after identifying Armstrong as a key organizer behind the coordinated disruption of Cities Church. Protesters burst into Sunday services chanting slogans and harassing worshippers, all because activists decided a pastor’s alleged connection to immigration enforcement justified mob behavior inside a church. That is not protest, it is intimidation.
Armstrong did not just stumble into this mess. She actively promoted false claims online and helped rally agitators as part of a broader anti-ICE campaign tied to ongoing fraud investigations in Minnesota. She brands herself as a “scholar-activist,” which in practice seems to mean stirring chaos while hiding behind buzzwords and donor money.
The financial trail alone raises eyebrows. Armstrong previously ran the Wayfinder Foundation, a nonprofit that pulled in more than $5.2 million over six years. During that time, Armstrong paid herself nearly a million dollars in salary, plus hundreds of thousands more in benefits, while the foundation handed out far less in grants. In multiple years, Armstrong personally took home more money than the organization distributed to its supposed cause. That tells you everything you need to know about priorities.
The donor list is a greatest hits album of left-wing activism. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation chipped in, and the Walton Family Foundation poured in over $2 million. The same corporate class that lectures everyone else about values while funding radicals who brag about “disrupting systems” and cheering disorder.
Armstrong has a long history of courting controversy. She helped organize boycotts against Target for dialing back DEI programs and even praised convicted cop killer Assata Shakur as a revolutionary hero. That is not civil rights advocacy, it is ideological extremism wrapped in academic language.
Cities Church leaders said worshippers were harassed and forced to leave, which is exactly why this arrest matters. The Justice Department made the point clearly: protest does not mean you get to trample religious freedom. The investigation is ongoing, and it should be. If this administration is serious about law and order, this arrest is just the beginning, not the finale.
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