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Don Lemon arrested after covering protest at Minnesota church
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested on Friday and accused of violating federal civil rights law in connection with his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church earlier this month.
Lemon was arrested along with three others and charged with conspiracy against the rights of religious freedom at a place of worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of the right of religious freedom at a place of worship.
He was released on a personal recognizance bond on Friday and appeared outside a downtown federal courthouse several minutes later.
“I have spent my entire career covering the news,” he said. “I will not stop now. There is no more important time than right now, this very moment, for a free and independent media that shines a light on the truth and holds those in power accountable.”
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a danger to all Americans | Theodore J Boutrous Jr and Katie Townsend
We are witnessing a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on the press and a clear threat to first amendment freedoms
The extraordinary arrests of the journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort last week are a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on the press and pose a clear threat to first amendment freedoms. Mere weeks after federal law enforcement executed a search warrant targeting a Washington Post reporter, the justice department is now pursuing criminal charges against two independent journalists for reporting from the scene of a protest in Minnesota citing – ironically – federal laws intended to protect the exercise of constitutional rights. These indictments are an affront to the first amendment of the US constitution.
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Journalist Don Lemon charged with civil rights crimes over anti-ICE protest
Don Lemon says he will fight the charges. (AP: Damian Dovarganes)
Former CNN news anchor Don Lemon has entered a not guilty plea to federal charges over his role covering a protest in Minnesota against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
The journalist live streamed a protest at a church in the city of St. Paul.
Mr Lemon told reporters after the hearing: "I will not be silenced. I look forward to my day in court."
Former CNN news anchor Don Lemon has been released from custody after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
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