Minnesota Activist Releases Video Of Arrest After Manipulated White House Version [View all]
Source: Huff Post/AP
Jan 23, 2026, 05:58 PM EST
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church released her own video of her arrest Friday after the White House posted a manipulated image online.
The White House on Thursday posted a picture on its X page of civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong crying with her hands behind her back as she was escorted by a blurred person wearing a badge. The photo was captioned in all caps: Arrested far-left agitator Nekima Levy Armstrong for orchestrating church riots in Minnesota.
A photo posted by Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noems account showed the same image with Levy Armstrong wearing a neutral expression.
Levy Armstrong, who was arrested with at least two others Thursday for an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a church where an ICE official also serves as a pastor, released her own video. Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen, a St. Paul school board member who was also arrested in connection to the protest, were both released Friday, according to a post by Levy Armstrongs organization, the Racial Justice Network. Their attorneys declined to comment.
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