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 that Homeland Security and FBI agents arrested Twin Cities lawyer and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong on Thursday morning, following a protest during a service last Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul.

 in connection with the protest — local activist and current St. Paul School Board member Chauntyll Allen — and said “more to come.”

The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice later confirmed that activist Monique Cullars Doty also turned herself in to federal authorities on Thursday morning. Cullars Doty was the aunt of Marcus Golden, a Black man shot and killed by St. Paul police in 2015.

 that the protest aimed to raise awareness that a pastor at the church leads a local field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, amid the ongoing ICE operation in Minnesota. 

The group interrupted services by chanting “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good," referring to the 37-year-old mother of three who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. 

The U.S. Department of Justice had said it was investigating people involved in the protest. In a statement on Tuesday, 

 it was “evaluating next steps with our legal counsel.”

Bondi on Thursday labeled Sunday’s protest a “coordinated attack” on the church and said Levy Armstrong was arrested for allegedly playing a key role. 

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Levy Armstrong faced a charge under a statute that bars threatening or intimidating someone exercising a right.

It wasn’t immediately clear what charge Allen would face. Justice Department officials have said in recent days 

 the protesters under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.

The FACE Act prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking reproductive health services or seeking to participate in a service at a house of worship.

— MPR News staff and the Associated Press

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi labeled it a “coordinated attack” on the church and said Levy Armstrong was arrested for allegedly playing a key role. 

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Attorney general: Nekima Levy Armstrong arrested for role in Cities Church protest

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