Nekima Levy Armstrong ICE Arrests Raise Civil Rights Concerns

Ringleader of anti-ICE church protest demands return of cellphone

Nekima Levy Armstrong, the self-identified ringleader of the Black Lives Matter coalition that took over a Christian church in St. Paul earlier this month, demanded that federal authorities hand back her cellphone, which investigators seized as evidence of the coalition’s alleged conspiracy to harass parishioners in their house of worship. In a five-page motion, Levy Armstrong asked that the court order the federal government to return her cellp…

Nekima Levy Armstrong ICE Arrests Raise Civil Rights Concerns

Civil rights activist Nekima Levy Armstrong and others were arrested after ICE surveillance and a protest tied to federal enforcement actions. The post Homeland Security cracks down on peaceful demonstrators appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says “the memes will continue”

Jon Brodkin at Ars Technica: The Trump White House yesterday posted a manipulated photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minnesota civil rights attorney who was arrested after protesting in a church where a pastor is allegedly also an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted what seems to be the original photo of Armstrong being led away by an officer yesterday morning. A half hour later, t…

The five civil liberties violations of the invasion of Minnesota

Pema Levy observes that no less than five constitutional amendments are being systematically violated by the Trump adminsration’s incursion into Minnesota. It starts at the beginning: The First Amendment protects the rights to speak freely, to assemble, and to protest. This includes the right to observe federal government action and to protest against it. Crucially for Minnesota, this includes a right that CBP and ICE really don’t like: the rig…