‘Horrifying new details’: Anti-ICE agitators blocked stairs at Minnesota Christian church so ‘parents were unable to get to their children’
It was one week ago when anti-ICE rioters stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, to disrupt a peaceful Christian worship service, terrorizing congregants and their children.
Now, what are being called “horrifying new details” are emerging that provide an even more disturbing picture of what actually took place.
Tyler O’Neil, senior editor at the Daily Signal posted on Sunday a series of excerpts from the probable cause affidavit prepared by Timothy Gerber, a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations.
“The invasion of Cities Church was even worse than we thought,” O’Neil began. “Agitators blocked stairs so ‘parents were unable to get to their children’ at Sunday School.
“One told a kid, ‘Do you know your parents are Nazis, they’re going to burn in hell?'”
HORRIFYING NEW DETAILS
The invasion of Cities Church was even worse than we thought.
Agitators blocked stairs so “parents were unable to get to their children” at Sunday School.
One told a kid, “Do you know your parents are Nazis, they’re going to burn in hell?”
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— Tyler O’Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 25, 2026
Suspect William Kelly, the bearded church invader known as “DaWoke Farmer,” shouted, “This ain’t God’s house. This is the house of the devil.”
The document indicates some 50 members of the congregation were “stuck” toward the front of the church. Not only did the agitators take over the service, but they “made it nearly impossible for parishioners to get out and leave.”
O’Neil reports: “One woman broke her arm. Congregants ‘were terrorized, our children were weeping, college students and young women were sobbing, it was impactful and it will take time to work through.'”
An agitator “continued to scream in the faces of young children while they were crying.”
Nekima Armstrong, a main ringleader, said that Cities Church “cannot pretend to be a house of God while harboring someone who is directing ICE agents to wreak havoc upon our community and who killed Renee Good.”
O’Neil concluded by stating: “Sadly, Democrats like @Jacob_Frey, are carrying water for the agitators. Judges denied arrest warrants for 5 of the 8 charged defendants. But @HarmeetKDhillon says this isn’t over. Stay tuned.”
Make no mistake: this church invasion was an atrocity.
Sadly, Democrats like @Jacob_Frey, are carrying water for the agitators. Judges denied arrest warrants for 5 of the 8 charged defendants.
But @HarmeetKDhillon says this isn’t over. Stay tuned.
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— Tyler O’Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 25, 2026
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