{"id":2546966,"date":"2026-01-21T21:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/organizer-of-agitating-the-nazis-travel-fund-led-anti-ice-uprising-at-minneapolis-church\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:45:38","slug":"organizer-of-agitating-the-nazis-travel-fund-led-anti-ice-uprising-at-minneapolis-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/organizer-of-agitating-the-nazis-travel-fund-led-anti-ice-uprising-at-minneapolis-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizer of \u2018agitating the Nazis\u2019 travel fund led anti-ICE uprising at Minneapolis church"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Forganizer-of-agitating-the-nazis-travel-fund-led-anti-ice-uprising-at-minneapolis-church%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2546966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>William Kelly, who posts as &#8220;DaWoke Farmer,&#8221; took part in a coordinated protest that disrupted a Sunday service at Cities Church in St. paul, Minnesota, after activists alleged one of the pastors, David Easterwood, also worked for ICE. The action was organized by Nekima Levy Armstrong&#8217;s Racial Justice Network and livestreamed and documented by Kelly and former CNN host Don Lemon. Kelly, who funds cross-country travel through a GoFundMe campaign originally titled &#8220;Help Me to Continue Agitating the Nazis&#8221; (which has raised over $43,000) and accepts donations via Cash App, filmed confrontations with parishioners and the lead pastor and later defended the protesters as invited and nonviolent. The Department of Justice is probing the incident for potential violations of the FACE Act, which protects houses of worship from targeted protests; Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon warned participants they could face legal consequences. Kelly has a history of confrontational anti-ICE activism at multiple sites, including recurring protests outside a church attended by public figures, and was recently arrested in a separate incident he says involved wrongful treatment by authorities; he says he plans to sue DHS. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reports describe heightened tensions<\/a> during and after the protest, including accusations of harassment, a parishioner injured by a bullhorn, and strong public reactions on both sides.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Organizer of GoFundMe for &lsquo;agitating the Nazis&rsquo; involved in anti-ICE uprising at Minneapolis church<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2477849\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A paid left-wing provocateur, who operates a travel fund that covers expenses associated with accosting &ldquo;Nazis,&rdquo; joined the takeover of a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Minneapolis\/\">Minneapolis<\/a>-area church as part of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4424440\/blm-coalition-anti-ice-shutdown-minneapolis-church-service\/\">an activist coalition<\/a>&rsquo;s protest against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>William Kelly, an anti-Trump agitator traveling across the country to sites of political conflict, appeared to be a central figure in the shutdown of Sunday services at Cities Church, a Christian parish in St. Paul, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4423912\/noem-lewandowski-campaign-oust-trump-border-leader-sources\/\">Noem and Lewandowski waged campaign to oust Trump&#8217;s border leader: Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4426154\/crime-guns-taxes-democrats-seek-reshape-virginia-moments-after-power\/\">Crime, guns, and taxes: Democrats seek to reshape Virginia moments after taking power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4426664\/pennsylvania-county-controller-wants-evict-dhs-ice-unpaid-rent\/\">Pennsylvania county official seeks to evict DHS and ICE over three years of unpaid rent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kelly, alongside a mob of activists, allegedly stormed Cities Church over the weekend, disrupting a Sunday sermon based on allegations that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citieschurch.com\/leadership\">one of the pastors<\/a>, David Easterwood, is an ICE official. A man with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/person\/david-easterwood\/146510\/\">same name and likeness<\/a> serves as ICE&rsquo;s acting director for the agency&rsquo;s St. Paul field office.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, on social media, Kelly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dawokefarmer2\/video\/7596766088742833463\">said<\/a> he had &ldquo;the honor of protesting David Easterwood&rsquo;s church with Nekima Armstrong and the Racial Justice Network!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nekima Levy Armstrong, head of the Minnesota-based Racial Justice Network, was the chief coordinator of the well-organized church protest.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4424440\/blm-coalition-anti-ice-shutdown-minneapolis-church-service\/\"><strong>BLM COALITION BEHIND ANTI-ICE SHUTDOWN OF MINNEAPOLIS CHURCH SERVICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Armstrong later thanked Kelly and former CNN host Don Lemon in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nekimalevyarmstrong\/posts\/pfbid0c3mvA2mRUpZrdq6tvqVdTan1kKpEgyYJJTfmHMokGkE8YD5zkXJ1hYEsxoeurBWdl\">a Facebook post<\/a> for their efforts. Lemon, Kelly, and other &ldquo;independent journalists&rdquo; were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/activists-interrupt-sunday-church-service-say-pastor-works-for-ice\/601566591\">reportedly<\/a> privy to operational plans kept under wraps until the so-called &ldquo;surprise operation&rdquo; actually unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>At the church, Lemon and Kelly recorded the protesters carrying out the &ldquo;clandestine mission,&rdquo; adding narration that couched their conduct as constitutionally protected activity.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, when the activists initially assembled in a nearby parking lot, the protest&rsquo;s staging grounds, Lemon met them there and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/v4ctuhv-cck?si=WGBa4Yqdn45H3iWv&amp;t=5\">began livestreaming<\/a> before they barged into Cities Church that morning.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly, during the demonstration, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dawokefarmer2\/video\/7596766088742833463\">filmed<\/a> himself directly confronting lead pastor Jonathan Parnell and shouting in the faces of parishioners, even <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dawokefarmer2\/video\/7596781668535422263\">following them<\/a> to their cars with crying children in tow.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had no idea I was going to the church that day,&rdquo; Kelly said when contacted by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I saw <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RacialJusticeNetwork1\/posts\/pfbid035DEq2Vg2i4f9g5uEa98dcvUKs69FntbsSzpKs9cwQWbBDcsX7db75r1WaKwFi8KNl\">a flyer<\/a> for a protest and showed up to support the Black Community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Kelly, a.k.a. &ldquo;DaWoke Farmer,&rdquo; wearing a T-shirt with a Ku Klux Klan member hung by a Transgender Pride flag. (GoFundMe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A staple in the anti-ICE activism scene, Kelly appears at pop-up protests all around the country, deploying confrontational tactics intended to provoke his political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Kelly left Minneapolis for an anti-Tesla rally in downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 16, took a red-eye flight to Chicago for a protest outside an ICE facility on Jan. 17, and jetted back to Minneapolis in time for the Cities Church occupation on Jan. 18.<\/p>\n<p>In <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-me-to-continue-agitating-the-nazis?modal=updates\">a message<\/a> to supporters, Kelly told his followers, &ldquo;I plan on organizing some larger movements across the country! I will do my best to come support every city being attacked by fascism!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly, known as &ldquo;DaWoke Farmer&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dawokefarmer2\">on TikTok<\/a>, crowdfunds financing for his cross-country trips through <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-me-to-continue-agitating-the-nazis\">a standing campaign<\/a> on GoFundMe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-photo-shows-unrecognizable-jim-caviezel-as-king-herod-in-new-biblical-epic\/\" title=\"New Photo Shows Unrecognizable Jim Caviezel as King Herod in New Biblical Epic\">originally titled &#038;ldquo<\/a>;Help Me to Continue Agitating the Nazis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Road Trip!! Help me travel the Nation scolding the Gestapo for their bad decisions!&rdquo; Kelly, who also collects contributions <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cash.app\/%24dawokefarmer\">on CashApp<\/a>, captioned the fundraising campaign. &ldquo;No rest for demons!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To date, the GoFundMe page has raised over $43,000 in donations, many of them coming in after the Department of Justice threatened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-cant-trust-utah-to-execute-charlie-kirks-murderer\/\" title=\"Feds Can&#039;t Trust Utah To Execute Charlie Kirk&#039;s Murderer\">file federal charges<\/a> against the organizers and collaborators of the church protest.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4421197\/guerrilla-ice-watch-groups-backed-left-grantmakers\/\"><strong>GUERRILLA-LIKE &lsquo;ICE WATCH&rsquo; GROUPS BACKED BY TOP LEFT-WING GRANTMAKERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lemon, in particular, has been put <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AAGDhillon\/status\/2013044166062936417\">&ldquo;on notice&rdquo;<\/a> by Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, chief of the DOJ&rsquo;s civil rights division, for possible violations of the FACE Act, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-coalition-behind-anti-ice-shutdown-of-minneapolis-church-service\/\" title=\"BLM coalition behind ... of ...\">federal law protecting places<\/a> of worship from protests.<\/p>\n<p>As seen on Lemon&rsquo;s livestream, the former CNN host <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/v4ctuhv-cck?si=r86Fy8iomsHq3vt6&amp;t=13424\">bought donuts and coffee<\/a> at a Starbucks location and then <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/v4ctuhv-cck?si=P4N__ze1OU4ZlJei&amp;t=16182\">distributed them<\/a> to protesters. &ldquo;Don Lemon is on the front lines right now!&rdquo; one anti-ICE activist announced on a megaphone. &ldquo;Don Lemon&rsquo;s got coffee for y&rsquo;all!&rdquo; To which Lemon added, &ldquo;And donuts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whoever paid for, coordinated, or participated in this attack made a big&mdash;BIG&mdash;mistake,&rdquo; Harmeet <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AAGDhillon\/status\/2013325287665139727\">warned<\/a>. &ldquo;No worshipper in this country should ever feel intimidated in a house of God, and @TheJusticeDept will bring the full force of the law, as directed by [Attorney General Pam Bondi].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response, Kelly said he was protesting &ldquo;a white supremacist church.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;F**k &lsquo;em!&rdquo; Kelly reacted, dismissing the DOJ investigation and further challenging federal officials to arrest him. &ldquo;They wanna come after me? F**k &lsquo;em!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cities Church is seen in St. Paul, Minn. where activists shut down a service claiming the pastor was also working as an ICE agent, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo\/Angelina Katsanis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an expletive-filled <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dawokefarmer2\/video\/7597118771005902135\">video statement<\/a>, Kelly claimed that Muslim immigrants in Minnesota are not able to pray without the fear of ICE raiding their mosques.  &ldquo;How do they deserve any f**king different?&rdquo; Kelly said, referring to the Christian churchgoers. &ldquo;F**k those f**king Nazis! Come and get me, Pam Bondi, you f**king traitorous b*tch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly insisted to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they were invited into the church, countering claims that the protesters trespassed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We preached the words of Jesus. We left,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;They never asked us to leave. The police never talked to us. The service continued with music and prayer the entire time we were in there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Calling the threats of charges &ldquo;baseless,&rdquo; Kelly said his lawyers assured him that he would prevail should prosecutors bring a case against him.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Overbaugh, the U.S. deputy undersecretary of war for intelligence and security, informed Bondi <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JustinOverbaugh\/status\/2013077365908230530?s=20\">on X<\/a> that Kelly has also been part of a mob that routinely harasses congregants at Christ Church, a parish attended by War Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Since the church&rsquo;s founding last summer, the group gathers on the premises weekly, blaring bullhorns to disrupt church services &ldquo;in clear violation of the law,&rdquo; Overbaugh said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4423537\/doj-probing-anti-ice-protest-minneapolis-church\/\"><strong>DOJ PROBING ANTI-ICE PROTEST AT MINNEAPOLIS CHURCH SERVICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The situation grew so serious that one churchgoer was sent to the hospital with a shattered eardrum after a protester &ldquo;let loose with the full force of a bullhorn in his ear,&rdquo; Joe Rigney, a pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, which founded the D.C. church, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/opinions\/a-brazen-invasion-of-christian-worship-1768807502\">wrote<\/a> for the Christian news magazine <em>World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly has a reputation as one of the most disruptive regulars stationed outside the church.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He screams incredibly vile and gross things at families, at children, at people,&rdquo; a Christ Church member <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/anti-ice-agitator-stormed-minnesota-110013536.html\">told<\/a> Fox News. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s called my wife a c*nt, a wh*re, and a Nazi breeder, all sorts of fun things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kelly screams through a megaphone at a protest. (GoFundMe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kelly and others screaming such obscenities as parishioners enter and exit the sanctuary has culminated in the parish&rsquo;s requests for police escorts.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Kelly captured on camera one of his profanity-laden confrontations with Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been waiting for this for a long time,&rdquo; Kelly said in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZBAkfG28CAE\">a December podcast appearance<\/a>. &ldquo;I go to his church almost every Sunday, and I miss him every time. So this was a long time coming.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some of Kelly&rsquo;s other past targets include <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FordFischer\/status\/1998876418986619357\">members of the National Guard<\/a>, whom he heckled near Union Station less than two weeks after two troops were ambushed by gunfire in the nation&rsquo;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly was arrested in December for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=806566055718980\">allegedly<\/a> stalking a random father, calling the man &ldquo;a Nazi piece of sh*t&rdquo; while his children watched. According to Kelly, investigators are &ldquo;moving forward with disorderly conduct charges&rdquo; against him.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4412995\/liberal-activists-aggressive-ice-watch-tactics-target-federal-officers-minneapolis\/\"><strong>LIBERAL ACTIVISTS USE AGGRESSIVE &lsquo;ICE WATCH&rsquo; TACTICS TO TARGET FEDERAL OFFICERS IN MINNEAPOLIS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dhillon <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/2013306595808035036\">confirmed<\/a> that Kelly was recently <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dawokefarmer2\/video\/7596145205099777294\">arrested<\/a> and released days prior to the Cities Church protest in Minnesota for allegedly impeding ICE. After authorities set him free on Friday, Kelly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dawokefarmer2\/video\/7596170677476920589\">claimed<\/a> that he was &ldquo;kidnapped by ICE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he is now suing the Department of Homeland Security on wrongful arrest and excessive violence claims in connection to Friday&rsquo;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will not be intimidated,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;The real violation of the FACE Act is being carried out by [Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem every single day. The fear caused by her masked goons and their disregard of due process leaves us citizens afraid to leave their homes. 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