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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang in St Paul, Minnesota

A journalist filmed an ICE protest at a Minnesota church. Then federal agents showed up at her door

A woman in a brown leather jacket sits on a stool in a corner, with the walls papered in newspaper.
Georgia Fort. Photograph: Sheldon Powell

When federal agents arrived at Georgia Fort’s front door to arrest her, she knew what to do: be a journalist.

Fort, an independent Minnesota reporter who faces criminal charges after covering a protest inside a St Paul church, took out her phone and spoke directly to the camera, livestreaming to her audience that her lawyer advised her to go with the agents. Her three kids were in the house at the time, she said.

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