US EditionKamala Harris: Don Lemon arrest ‘an affront to our rights and freedoms’
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were charged for covering an anti-ICE protest overlapping a church service, amid over 30 journalist detentions linked to immigration protests this year.
- Don Lemon was arrested in Los Angeles on charges related to his coverage of a demonstration at Cities Church, raising constitutional questions about media conduct during protests.
- The Justice Department indicated that Lemon's actions allegedly crossed the line from journalism into unlawful participation, challenging First Amendment protections.
- Cities Church attorneys stated that Lemon's arrest underscores the importance of worship freedom and supports federal accountability for church invaders.
- Lemon's defense claims he was only exercising his journalistic rights, saying, 'The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth.
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Cities Church responds to Don Lemon arrest * WorldNetDaily * by Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal
Source link FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Cities Church, the St. Paul church invaded by agitators opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, responded Friday after federal agents arrested former CNN host Don Lemon Thursday night in Los Angeles. “We are grateful that the Department of Justice acted swiftly to protect Cities Church so that we can continue
Journalist Don Lemon arrested after covering church protest
WASHINGTON — Journalist Don Lemon and three other people were arrested Friday in connection with an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church and increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, officials said.
The arrests of Don Lemon on Thursday night in Los Angeles, finally released the next day, and of the reporter Georgia Fort constitute a new pillar in the political instrumentalization of justice by the US executive.
DOJ Arrests Journalists Don Lemon & Georgia Fort For Acts Of Journalism, Even After Courts Rejected Arrest Warrants
Last week, a federal magistrate judge told the DOJ it could not arrest journalist Don Lemon. The DOJ appealed and lost that appeal too. The legal system said no. So the DOJ arrested him anyway. On January 18th, protesters interrupted services at a Minnesota church after discovering its pastor leads a nearby ICE field office.…
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, journalist Don Lemon has been arrested in connection with an ICE protest.
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