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Three Ostroushkos Indicted for Assaulting Journalist During Anti-ICE Protest Coverage
crime27 days ago

Three Ostroushkos Indicted for Assaulting Journalist During Anti-ICE Protest Coverage

The Department of Justice unsealed a federal grand jury indictment charging Christopher Ostroushko, Deyanna Ostroushko, and Paige Ostroushko with assaulting journalist Savannah Hernandez while she reported on an anti-ICE protest outside a federal building in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 11, 2026; two defendants are also charged with willfully injuring and intimidating her. The FBI, HSI, and Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office are investigating, and officials emphasize presumption of innocence until proven guilty.

DOJ widens civil-rights case over Minnesota anti-ICE church protest
politics2 months ago

DOJ widens civil-rights case over Minnesota anti-ICE church protest

The Justice Department added 30 more defendants to the civil-rights case stemming from a January anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, bringing the total charged to 39 with violations of two FACE Act provisions (a misdemeanor) and conspiracy to interfere with religious rights. No new charges were added beyond those two civil-rights provisions. Don Lemon and another journalist are among those charged, and all original defendants have pleaded not guilty. The case raises questions about applying the FACE Act to houses of worship and involves grand-jury secrecy and transcript-disclosure disputes.

Detained Minnesota anti-ICE protesters freed after judge finds detention unwarranted
politics4 months ago

Detained Minnesota anti-ICE protesters freed after judge finds detention unwarranted

Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen, joined by a third activist William Kelly, were released from detention after a federal judge ruled there was no sufficient reason to keep them in custody for the anti-ICE church protest in St. Paul. The case also highlighted the White House’s circulation of a digitally altered image of Armstrong’s arrest, which was later exposed, illustrating misinformation surrounding the protest.