Don Lemon’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, released a statement confirming that authorities arrested Don Lemon on charges that he violated federal law during the ambush on Cities Church in St. Paul, MN.
Other news outlets have reported the same thing.
Lemon live-streamed the anti-ICE psychos storming into the church, interrupting the service.
Lemon even accosted the pastor, trying to lecture him on the First Amendment and free speech.
The tolerant and level-headed Jim Acosta (sarcasm) shared the message from Lowell:
Oh, honey.
Oh, sweet summer child.
The FACE Act LITRALLY says in § 248(a)(2) that a person violates the act if they:
by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship;
A simple Google search tells you that journalists are not exempt from the FACE Act or other federal criminal laws, even if they are performing their job.
You are NOT allowed to break the law, no matter what, even if you’re gathering the news.
We do not know the charges that Lemon faces.
Last week, a federal magistrate judge refused to sign off on the arrest warrants for Lemon and four people.
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