FLASHBACK: Far-left activist who organized Minnesota church storming praised convicted cop killer

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A far-left activist who organized the storming of a Christian church on Sunday to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement previously praised convicted law cop killer Assata Shakur. Nekima Levy Armstrong, who, according to her website, is a civil rights lawyer and "scholar-activist," helped to organize the storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday. Armstrong posted a video of the protest, which she referred to as "our demonstration." The video showed dozens of agitators streaming into the church and shouting anti-ICE slogans . Armstrong claimed that a pastor associated with the church is also involved with ICE. In the post, she wrote, "It's time for judgment to begin and it will begin in the House of God!" ANTI-ICE AGITATORS OCCUPY MINNESOTA TARGET STORE, DEMAND RETAILER STOP HELPING FEDERAL AGENTS Armstrong is a former law professor turned full-time activist. In several posts on her Facebook page, she espouses far-left views and activism. She has also been a key organizer of the boycotts against Target over its decision to scale back its diversity, equity and inclusion programs . In an opinion piece published in The Minnesota Star Tribune in July, Armstrong advocated for a boycott of Target, accusing the store of having "rolled back its DEI efforts, pulled inclusive displays from shelves and aligned itself with the very forces attacking democracy and racial progress." In a September 26 post , Armstrong had high praise for Shakur, who was convicted of the murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1977. Armstrong called her "a brave, wise, powerful, and revolutionary Black woman." OMAR, MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR ACCUSE TRUMP ADMIN OF UNLEASHING 'POLITICAL RETRIBUTION,' 'INVASION' WITH ICE ACTIVITY Shakur, whose birth name was Joanne Chesimard, died in Havana on Sept. 25, decades after breaking out of prison and escaping to the communist island. She was a member of the Black Liberation Army, which the FBI describes as "one of the most violent milit…