By Brandon Porter - Posted at Baptist Press:
ST. PAUL, Minn. (BP) – An anti-ICE protest disrupted the morning worship service at Cities Church Sunday morning (Jan. 18). Former CNN anchor Don Lemon livestreamed a portion of the event from inside the church building on YouTube.Protestors could be heard chanting, “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “ICE out” throughout the video.
According to Lemon, the protestors interrupted the opening prayer of the Sunday worship service.
The protestors were alleging one of the church’s pastors was a member of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security, Lemon said on the video.
After a violent week in the Twin Cities, The Associated Press reported Sunday that the Pentagon announced it was putting 1,500 soldiers on standby to potentially report to Minneapolis to support the ongoing ICE operation in the city.
Last week, ICE agents were involved in two non-fatal shootings while apprehending suspects.
FOX9 in Minneapolis reports that more than 2,000 arrests have been made since the beginning of Operation Metro Surge.
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