US EditionDon Lemon arrested, faces federal civil rights charges over Minnesota church protest
Don Lemon faces federal civil rights charges after an anti-ICE protest disrupted a Minnesota church service, with supporters calling the arrest an unprecedented First Amendment attack.
- Don Lemon was arrested over his role in a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, involving anti-ICE demonstrators on January 18, according to his lawyer and a Justice Department official.
- Lemon insists he was acting as a journalist during the protest, claiming his coverage was no different from his usual work, despite facing civil rights charges and federal scrutiny.
- A federal magistrate judge had previously declined to charge Lemon, indicating insufficient evidence of criminal behavior against him or his crew, as noted by Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz.
- The Trump administration's Justice Department had previously sought to charge Lemon, but a magistrate judge rejected the evidence against him as insufficient.
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Nationwide dissent grows over ICE surge
Protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown spread across the United States on Friday as outrage deepened over the fatal shootings of two US citizens during federal enforcement operations in Minnesota, with demonstrators demanding an end to "heavy-handed and discriminatory tactics". Student organisers called for walkouts and a nationwide shutdown, urging "no work, no school and no shopping" in protest against the presence o…
The state's attorney general described the arrests as "deeply worrying" and said, "In Minnesota we don't treat journalists as criminals for doing their job."
Don Lemon Arrested in Beverly Hills Over St. Paul Church Protest
Award-winning journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Beverly Hills in connection with a protest he covered at a Minnesota church, his lawyer announced Friday. Lemon was in town covering the Grammy Awards, according to a statement from his attorney, Abbe Lowell. “Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy Awards. Don has been a journalist for…
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