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A mob of anti‑ICE agitators barged into Cities Church in St. Paul during Sunday worship and turned a house of God into a political stage, harassing parishioners and frightening children while demanding “Justice for Renée Good.” The disruption was reportedly aimed at a pastor who serves with ICE and left congregants shaken and the community outraged.
Lead pastor Jonathan Parnell called the intrusion an ambush and rightly defended his flock, saying worship was interrupted and the visitors refused repeated requests to leave. Church attorneys and conservative commentators say the scene — children confronted, prayers drowned out — crossed every line of decency and should carry civil and criminal consequences for those responsible.
Among the protesters was media personality Don Lemon, who livestreamed his presence and later insisted he was “doing journalism,” a claim that has drawn fierce skepticism from conservatives and even a rebuke in the courts when a magistrate judge reportedly declined a rushed attempt to charge him. The episode highlights how some in the media now embed with activist mobs rather than report impartially, and it raises real questions about where reporting ends and enabling unlawful intimidation begins.
Conservative Americans should be clear‑eyed: there is a double standard when mainstream outlets excuse or even cheer disruptions of religious services so long as the cause aligns with their politics. Don Lemon’s condescending lectures to a pastor amid chaos were not journalism — they were performative intervention — and millions of hardworking citizens see that for what it is: media sanctimony protected by credentials.
The church is not cowering. Pastor Parnell and his legal team, appearing on national platforms, made it plain they are weighing lawsuits to hold these agitators accountable and to protect their members from future harassment. Federal authorities have meanwhile moved to arrest organizers alleged to have coordinated the takeover-style disruption, a sign that brave citizens demanding law and order can prevail when the system finally acts.
This is about more than one church or one city; it is about whether public spaces of faith and family will be treated as sacred or as political playpens for the radical left. Conservatives must demand that law enforcement and elected officials defend religious liberty, enforce time‑place‑manner rules, and stop allowing mobs — aided by celebrity journalists — to weaponize civic life.
Americans who believe in free worship and public order should stand with Pastor Parnell and Cities Church, not with the agitators who came to intimidate and disrupt. Hold the media accountable, support legal action when rights are trampled, and never let the left bully our churches out of their right to meet, pray, and raise their children in peace.
