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moonshinegnomie

(3,904 posts)
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:02 AM 7 hrs ago

he's a preacher. and an ice agent.

wtf??????
The US Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor.


The protesters allege that one of the church’s pastors — David Easterwood — also leads the local ICE field office overseeing the operations that have involved violent tactics and illegal arrests.



https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/us/st-paul-church-ice-protesters-disrupt-service-hnk

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he's a preacher. and an ice agent. (Original Post) moonshinegnomie 7 hrs ago OP
Why is anyone shocked? RandySF 7 hrs ago #1
Authoritarian and enforcer. multigraincracker 7 hrs ago #2
fundamentalists markie 7 hrs ago #3
What I have read about this is that the protestors found the name on a website and it matches this guy's name. OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #4
according to cnn moonshinegnomie 3 hrs ago #6
If he's an ICE agent, he's no man of God. Period. nt Buns_of_Fire 5 hrs ago #5
There is this local guy too: (Probably Easterwoods buddy) Ars Longa 3 hrs ago #7
He gets to molest kids at his job and hobby Johonny 2 hrs ago #8
It was like Jesus Christ himself speaking through ICE when the agent said "fucking bitch" after shooting her in the face Blue Owl 1 hr ago #9

RandySF

(81,427 posts)
1. Why is anyone shocked?
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:10 AM
7 hrs ago

When I went to church as a kid, it was “Who does Jesus hate” 24/7/365.

markie

(23,898 posts)
3. fundamentalists
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:54 AM
7 hrs ago

are dangerous to the wellbeing of all.... they have a sense of "divine purification" retribution and punishment is their thing

OldBaldy1701E

(10,348 posts)
4. What I have read about this is that the protestors found the name on a website and it matches this guy's name.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:55 AM
6 hrs ago

There was not any evidence mentioned that the guy actually was an ICE agent. That doesn't mean that there is not any, just that they never offered any.

But, if he is one of them, well... payback is a bitch, isn't it?

moonshinegnomie

(3,904 posts)
6. according to cnn
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 09:01 AM
3 hrs ago

the churches website info about him matches the same person listed as the ice agent

Ars Longa

(459 posts)
7. There is this local guy too: (Probably Easterwoods buddy)
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 09:32 AM
3 hrs ago

Rev Andy Naselli

https://wordandway.org/2026/01/12/pastor-blesses-ice-asks-god-to-break-the-teeth-of-ices-opponents/

Unbelievably sick/deranged !!

It's all White Supremacist Punishment and Revenge, sanctioned
by a handful of cherry-picked Bible verses!

Zero talk of helping the Sick , the hungry, the homeless, the grieving
ect..

I'd like to ask him how many bullets his MAGA Jesus himself would have fired into that Mom in a Minivan?

Johonny

(25,566 posts)
8. He gets to molest kids at his job and hobby
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 10:09 AM
2 hrs ago

Well, isn't that nice...

I mean, some people say.

Blue Owl

(58,252 posts)
9. It was like Jesus Christ himself speaking through ICE when the agent said "fucking bitch" after shooting her in the face
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 11:43 AM
1 hr ago
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