Posted on 06/03/2026 7:29:43 PM PDT by Red Badger
In a shock to absolutely no one, Minnesota continues to be a national embarrassment.
While the feds have done their diligence and charged 39 of the activists who stormed Cities Church in St. Paul back in January, including Don Lemon who did us all a favor and recorded his crimes, the City of St. Paul has declined to do anything to the rioters.
They won't even call them rioters.
Here's KARE 11:
The St. Paul City Attorney's Office reviewed the incident after dozens of people were arrested for entering Cities Church on Jan. 18 to protest against Pastor David Easterwood, saying he held a local leadership position with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Among the people arrested were journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong.
'Our office has a legal and ethical obligation to file charges only when the available evidence establishes probable cause and supports a reasonable likelihood of conviction beyond a reasonable doubt,' the St. Paul City Attorney's Office said in a statement Tuesday. 'Following a careful evaluation of the video footage, investigative reports, and other available materials, prosecutors determined that the current evidence is insufficient to meet that standard for criminal charges under Minnesota state statutes.'
In hours of footage from Don Lemon showing premeditation, threats against parishioners, and Pastor Jonathan Parnell explicitly informing Lemon and the other protesters that they were trespassing and needed to leave, the St. Paul city attorney just can't find anything to charge them on.
They even called it a "peaceful protest" even though it was nothing of the kind.
The statement goes on to say that the 'right to peacefully protest is protected, as is the right to exercise one's religious beliefs. Balancing these equally important rights is paramount to our decision today.'
This is so backwards, it's insane. The City of St. Paul thinks that you have just as much right to crash a church service, take it over, scream at families, and tell children their parents are going to hell, as you do to attend a church service.
These two "rights" — to desecrate a church and worship in a church — are equal in the eyes of St. Paul (the city, not the actual Saint). Jonathan Parnell, the lead pastor of Cities Church, has some stern words for the city and Mayor Kaohly Her:
The city of Saint Paul has officially determined the January 18 invasion of our church and the desecration of our worship to be a “peaceful protest.”
Here’s my question for Mayor Her: pic.twitter.com/DscBzqKCzU— Jonathan Parnell (@jonathanparnell) June 3, 2026
Mayor Her, on April 20, in your address on the state of St. Paul, you said that you are committed to listening and to acting and to lifting St. Paul higher to its full potential. But I wonder, do you include Evangelical Christians in the commitment? Or do you only care about those you agree with? You have left us to wonder this.
More from Pastor Parnell:
Let's go ahead and insert the meme:
I'll leave this here as a reminder of the "protest":
NEW: Don Lemon tries lecturing a pastor on the First Amendment after a mob of far leftists stormed a church in Minneapolis.
Pastor: “This is unacceptable. It's shameful to interrupt a public gathering of Christians in worship…”
Lemon: “Listen, there's a constitution, the First… pic.twitter.com/joHdCvaXe6— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 18, 2026
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Can the church members still bring civil charges against Lemon and his ‘Coven’?
I would think yes, they could.
I would think that there are FEDERAL charges that can be made because of denying the right to worship.....................
When the legal system fails, it becomes the responsibility of the citizens. True since the Old West.
The Gardener
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5ZaU93-As
Death Kiss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1qWWyRztgE
Detective: “So. The law?”
Vigilante character: “No. Justice.”
The next time, the church goers should just peacefully beat the crap out of the old women and boys. Justice is dead in blue states.
Make it daily.
:Click:
How about the Second?
Now. Scat or be scattered.
This is why churches have ushers.
You should be able to defend with deadly force.
That would stop this.
Unbelievable. I have a solution for this.
I thought they were federally charged.
The feds usually defer to the local authorities in cases like this, but this is one that didn’t exactly work out. They can still be charged with a federal crime.....................
>>While the feds have done their diligence and charged 39 of the activists who stormed Cities Church
Which means this statement by the St Paul’s Attorney’s office is jury tampering. At the very least, the jury pool has now been tainted and a change of venue is warranted.
Protests are supposed to be held in the public square.
If I understand this correctly, the FACE Act charges (federal) are still moving forward, unaffected by the city attorney’s decision. They carry real criminal penalties, and Don Lemon’s own video is essentially the prosecution’s exhibit A.
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