Fed Agents Arrest Don Lemon in Connection With Minnesota Protest
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon has been arrested in connection to his presence at a Minnesota church protest, ABC News reported. Lemon was covering the incident in question which happened on Jan. 18, as protesters…
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon has been arrested in connection to his presence at a Minnesota church Protest, ABC News reported.
Lemon was covering the incident in question which happened on Jan. 18, as protesters entered Cities Church in St. Paul.
Lemon has insisted he was not a participant in the Protest, but was covering it as a journalist, per Mediaite.
The protesters alleged one of the pastors is the acting field director of the St. Paul ICE field office.
According to Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, the journalist was taken into custody Thursday night in Los Angeles as he was covering the Grammy Awards.
“Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done,” Lowell said. “The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable.”