Journalist Lemon in Zusammenhang mit Anti-ICE-Protest festgenommen

Don Lemon ist ein renommierter US-Journalist, viele Jahre lang arbeitete er für CNN. Jetzt ist er festgenommen worden, nachdem er als Reporter bei einem Protest gegen die Einwanderungsbehörde ICE gefilmt hatte. Die Vorwürfe? Unklar.

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#DonLemon #CNN #ICE

The arrests of reporters Georgia Fort and Don Lemon for engaging in journalism are outrageous.

The Media and Democracy Project, and many other press freedom groups, joined this statement by the National Association of Black Journalists #NABJ

https://nabjonline.org/blog/nabjoutrageddonlemonarrest/

@BlackNAndV

#PressFreedom #DataJournalism
#GeorgiaFort #DonLemon

The arrests of reporters Georgia Fort and Don Lemon for engaging in journalism are outrageous.

The Media and Democracy Project, and many other press freedom groups, joined this statement by the National Association of Black Journalists #NABJ

https://nabjonline.org/blog/nabjoutrageddonlemonarrest/

@BlackNAndV

#PressFreedom #DataJournalism
#GeorgiaFort #DonLemon

In den #USA wurden Journalisty verhaftet wegen #Journalismus

The Don Lemon Show (2024)

On January 9, 2024, #Lemon announced plans for a new show on X, The #DonLemon Show.[52] X owner Elon Musk was the show's first interviewee. After the Elon Musk interview was filmed but before the interview aired, Elon Musk cancelled The Don Lemon Show on X, resulting in the interview being published on YouTube and as a podcast instead.[53] Don Lemon stated after the interview, "Elon Musk is mad at me". The interview covered topics such as lawsuits filed by and against Musk, his usage of drugs, his political leanings, and his perspective on immigration and the Great Replacement theory.[54][55][56]

Cities Church protest and attempted federal charges (2026)

In January 2026, Lemon livestreamed an anti-ICE protest inside Cities Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, during a worship service. Activists alleged that a pastor associated with the church also held a leadership role within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Lemon interviewed protesters and congregants during a multi-hour livestream.[57]

Following the protest, officials within the U.S. Department of Justice sought to bring federal charges against Lemon. According to reporting, prosecutors considered charging him under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act), codified at 18 U.S.C. §248, which prohibits the use of force, threat of force, or physical obstruction to interfere with a person's exercise of religious worship; and under 18 U.S.C. §241, a Reconstruction-era civil rights conspiracy statute commonly associated with the Ku Klux Klan Act.[58][59]

A federal magistrate judge ultimately declined to approve the proposed criminal complaint, stating the government had not presented sufficient probable cause at that stage, and no charges were filed. Lemon stated he was present as a journalist, and his attorney argued his conduct was protected by the First Amendment.[59][60]

On January 29, 2026, Lemon was taken into custody by federal law enforcement.[61] Lemon was one of four people arrested.[62] Georgia Fort, a freelance journalist in Minnesota, Trahern Jeen Crews, and Jamael Lydell Lundy were also taken into custody.[63]

@Bundesregierung

Die SPD bezeichnet die #USA als "feindliche Macht".
Der Bundeskanzler bezeichnet die USA bis zuletzt als "Partner".

Ich verlange nun, daß der Kanzler mir erklärt, ob die #Pressefreiheit noch zu Deutschlands Grundwerten zählt.

#FirstAmendment #GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews

#Faschismus

Journalist Lemon in Zusammenhang mit Anti-ICE-Protest festgenommen

Don Lemon ist ein renommierter US-Journalist, viele Jahre lang arbeitete er für CNN. Jetzt ist er festgenommen worden, nachdem er als Reporter bei einem Protest gegen die Einwanderungsbehörde ICE gefilmt hatte. Die Vorwürfe? Unklar.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/don-lemon-cnn-ice-festnahme-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#DonLemon #CNN #ICE

In den #USA wurden Journalisty verhaftet wegen #Journalismus

The Don Lemon Show (2024)

On January 9, 2024, #Lemon announced plans for a new show on X, The #DonLemon Show.[52] X owner Elon Musk was the show's first interviewee. After the Elon Musk interview was filmed but before the interview aired, Elon Musk cancelled The Don Lemon Show on X, resulting in the interview being published on YouTube and as a podcast instead.[53] Don Lemon stated after the interview, "Elon Musk is mad at me". The interview covered topics such as lawsuits filed by and against Musk, his usage of drugs, his political leanings, and his perspective on immigration and the Great Replacement theory.[54][55][56]

Cities Church protest and attempted federal charges (2026)

In January 2026, Lemon livestreamed an anti-ICE protest inside Cities Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, during a worship service. Activists alleged that a pastor associated with the church also held a leadership role within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Lemon interviewed protesters and congregants during a multi-hour livestream.[57]

Following the protest, officials within the U.S. Department of Justice sought to bring federal charges against Lemon. According to reporting, prosecutors considered charging him under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act), codified at 18 U.S.C. §248, which prohibits the use of force, threat of force, or physical obstruction to interfere with a person's exercise of religious worship; and under 18 U.S.C. §241, a Reconstruction-era civil rights conspiracy statute commonly associated with the Ku Klux Klan Act.[58][59]

A federal magistrate judge ultimately declined to approve the proposed criminal complaint, stating the government had not presented sufficient probable cause at that stage, and no charges were filed. Lemon stated he was present as a journalist, and his attorney argued his conduct was protected by the First Amendment.[59][60]

On January 29, 2026, Lemon was taken into custody by federal law enforcement.[61] Lemon was one of four people arrested.[62] Georgia Fort, a freelance journalist in Minnesota, Trahern Jeen Crews, and Jamael Lydell Lundy were also taken into custody.[63]

@Bundesregierung

Die SPD bezeichnet die #USA als "feindliche Macht".
Der Bundeskanzler bezeichnet die USA bis zuletzt als "Partner".

Ich verlange nun, daß der Kanzler mir erklärt, ob die #Pressefreiheit noch zu Deutschlands Grundwerten zählt.

#FirstAmendment #GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews

#Faschismus

Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest.

@AssociatedPress reports: "It is unclear what charge or charges Lemon and the others are facing in the Jan. 18 protest at the Cities Church in St. Paul."

https://flip.it/0eeM7p

#DonLemon #News #Journalism #Media #Minnesota

"Another independent journalist, Georgia Fort, was arrested last night in Minnesota."

Fort had reported, as a journalist, along with Don Lemon, on the protest in a Southern Baptist church headed by the regional ICE director in Minnesota.

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
/25

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/breaking-news-don-lemon-arrested

"Attorney General Pam Bondi later confirmed the arrest of Lemon and three others — Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy — in a post on X, accusing them of a 'coordinated attack' on the church."

Thou shalt not touch my sacred (white supremacist) Southern Baptists whose church was founded to keep slavery alive.

#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
/27

"News of Lemon’s Thursday night arrest broke Friday morning after his attorney, Abbe Lowell, released a statement:

'This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand. Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court.'”

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
/26

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/feds-arrest-journalist-don-lemon

"Another independent journalist, Georgia Fort, was arrested last night in Minnesota."

Fort had reported, as a journalist, along with Don Lemon, on the protest in a Southern Baptist church headed by the regional ICE director in Minnesota.

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #DonLemon #Minnesota #media #journalism #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
/25

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/breaking-news-don-lemon-arrested

BREAKING: Pam Bondi’s post on X minutes ago stating that she ordered the arrests of Don Lemon and other journalists and some activists—all of whom are Black.

#donlemon

Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest.

@AssociatedPress reports: "It is unclear what charge or charges Lemon and the others are facing in the Jan. 18 protest at the Cities Church in St. Paul."

https://flip.it/0eeM7p

#DonLemon #News #Journalism #Media #Minnesota

BREAKING: Pam Bondi’s post on X minutes ago stating that she ordered the arrests of Don Lemon and other journalists and some activists—all of whom are Black.

#donlemon