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Anakin-Marc Zaeger@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Don Lemon Taken Into Custody

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Don Lemon Taken Into Custody

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Anakin-Marc Zaeger@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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Journalist Don Lemon promises to fight federal charges following his arrest after Minnesota church protest | CNN Politics
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A defiant Don Lemon vowed to fight the charges brought against him by federal prosecutors Friday, after he and another independent journalist were arrested in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
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    If ONLY Journalists had bent MORE at the Knee to Trump MAYBE he would THINK about NOT Arresting them at Some Point!

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    Lemon was with dozens of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters as they rushed into Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month, interrupting a church service and leading to tense confrontations.

    “Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards,” his attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement early Friday. “Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done. The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable.”

    “Instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful Minnesota protesters, the Trump Justice Department is devoting its time, attention and resources to this arrest, and that is the real indictment of wrongdoing in this case,” Lowell added. “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.”

    This is bad.

    EDIT - I should have said: This is really, really, really bad.

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      This very bad

  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
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    So when are blue states going to stand up for the constitution in a real way?

    • d33pblu3g3n3@lemmy.world
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      Pretty obvious by now Democrats will go quietly into the good night.

      • Formfiller@lemmy.world
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        The IDF is training ICE

        This technology was developed by palantir to assist Israel with their settler colonialist genocide target Palestinians, journalists and children

        Our politicians are still being blackmailed by Israeli intelligence because Epstein and Ghisline were Mossad

        Washington is literally occupied by Israeli assets

        https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/retired-green-beret-whistleblower-claims-ice-trains-israel-bring-apartheid-tactics-us-1769427

        https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/palantir-allegedly-enables-israels-ai-targeting-amid-israels-war-in-gaza-raising-concerns-over-war-crimes/

        https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/12/epstein_israel

        https://www.trackaipac.com/congress

        https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/75-democrats-express-gratitude-to-ice-in-antisemitism-vote-amid-la-riots/ar-AA1GoYn7

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    Anybody want to postulate an over/under on when the gas chambers start?

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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      How many kidnapped have been released?

      How many have been deported?

      How many disappeared?

      I’m willing to bet it has.

      • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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        remember when they wasted $608 million dollars building alligator alcatraz, just to have it flood continuously, and almost 2000 inmates go missing?

        Yeah, they murdered a lot of those inmates.

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        IIRC something like 4000 people went into Alligator Alcatraz who are now completely unaccounted for.

        I don’t think there’s literally a mass grave in Florida to be dug up, personally. It’s probably in El Salvador instead. It’s early enough that the regime has some concern about keeping things hidden.

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          BOY do I have some bad news.

          https://www.lemkininstitute.com/single-post/mass-grave-complex-mgc-identification-and-analysis-of-grave-site-candidates-gsc-1-2-at-cecot

          The author:

          Retired USAF combat medic with extensive real-world experience as a mass grave complex investigator and genocide site analyst.

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    Attorney General Pam Bondi denounced the protest […] saying […] that the scene was “horrific.”

    Horrific? A protest? People shouting to get attention and be heard is horrific?

    Tell me you’ve led the most privileged of lives without telling me. What a completely unrelatable train wreck. You’ve got conservatives who’ve seen combine accidents and IEDs and child soldiers — the true horrors of the world. Let’s see what their response is.

    Crickets.

    I see.

    • cecilkorik@piefed.ca
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      Welcome to fascism! Enjoy your stay!

      • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world
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        A gentle reminder that 2/3rds of the voting population voted for this.

        • IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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          Not even 2/3rds of the voting population voted. The turnout was 64% of eligible voters. Trump won the popular vote with 49.8% of the votes. That’s about 32% of eligible voters that voted for this.

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            If you don’t vote you voted for this

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        The US is putridly the source of all evil, pretty much. If one of you guys’ pentagon nukes self-detonated the world would be a better place.

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          Evil existed before 1776.

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            Debatable with the atrocities your country commits on an hourly basis.

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    If you haven’t bought a gun yet, do it now.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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      If it is safe for you to do so. Please try to make sure people understand this.

      • FaceDeer@fedia.io
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        The American government has been taken over by fascists who are rounding up random people in the street, killing who they want without consequence, and are now blatantly and actively suppressing media coverage.

        But only resist if it’s safe to do so. Right.

        I think history will show that America’s gone past that inflection point now. It’s not safe for anyone to resist. That’s the problem. And that’s why resistance is required now more than ever.

        Finally, after 250 years, all that rhetoric about what the 2nd Amendment is actually for is being put to a real test. Let’s see if the Americans meant what they said.

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      Not sure what good that will do. The government will just use it as an excuse to murder you.

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        At this point they will murder you without a gun as well.

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