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Anti-ICE Church Protesters Released From Custody In Minnesota
Anti-Ice Church Protestors
FISTS IN AIR AFTER RELEASE FROM CUSTODY
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Two women who were arrested and charged for an anti-ICE protest that ripped through a Minnesota church service last weekend have been released from custody … and it’s all on video.
Footage shows the moment Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen were released from detention Friday in St. Paul.
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Armstrong and Allen each raised a fist in the air as they emerged to cheers. Armstrong said, “Thank you all for being here,” Levy Armstrong said. “Glory to God!”
Earlier Friday, a federal judge ordered their release … ruling the federal government failed to prove they deserved to be held in detention.
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Don Lemon was at the protest reporting live … and he got in hot water with the feds too, but has not been charged.
William Kelly, who was also arrested over the protest, was also released from custody … with a judge ruling Kelly was NOT a danger to the public … according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
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We talked to Allen, leader of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, before she was arrested this week … and she told us why she felt the protest was necessary.