MN - Journalist Don Lemon arrested for church protest, Minneapolis, 18 Jan 2026

[Smelly Squirrel]

That is a violation of the FACE Act and a crime, jut like we saw with the abortion protesters case, previously cited.

Please identify what specific act or acts by Lemon violated what specific part of the FACE Act, and explain why.

I already have. Refusing to leave and disrupting the service.

That's not close to providing any specific acts or law.

Yes, it is, and that is included in the indictment. IMO.

Well there are plenty of vague allegations in the indictment as well if that's what you mean. But I am asking for specific actions. Like, can you name a timestamp in any video where Lemon violates the FACE Act. And please also explain specifically why that specific act is a violation of a specific part of the FACE Act.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Well there are plenty of vague allegations in the indictment as well if that's what you mean. But I am asking for specific actions. Like, can you name a timestamp in any video where Lemon violates the FACE Act. And please also explain specifically why that specific act is a violation of a specific part of the FACE Act.

I do not feel that the indictment is vague.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

I do not feel that the indictment is vague.

It isn’t. imo

Someone watching that video, without knowing who Don Lemon is, might think—by his words and actions—that he was participating in the protest rather than reporting on it. imo

 

[SouthAussie]

The difference between a reporter and a protester is the interviewing and documenting.
(See my next post for quote and link)

MAGA calls for Don Lemon to be arrested under FACE Act after Minnesota church protest

Broadcaster sparks outrage with live coverage of anti-ICE demonstration at Cities Church in St Paul as activists interupt service to demand justice over killing of Renee Good

www.independent.co.uk

Google link

 

[Ontario Mom]

The difference between a reporter and a protester is the interviewing.

First, let's be sure to state this is your opinion.

Second, no one in that church was there to be ambush interviewed by Lemon, and no one in that church wanted to be interviewed by Lemon or anyone else. That junk was pushed onto them without their consent. Exactly as it appears to have been planned.

Pastor Parnell was there to preach the Bible, and the worshippers were there to hear it & fellowship with like-minded believers. None of them wanted Lemon and this band of foul mouthed protestors disrupting that service.

jmo

 

[SouthAussie]

"To assume such role, journalists have the right to observe, and by extension monitor, protests, whether violent or not, and to record reactions to protests by officials or other actors. This right is derived from the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, as guaranteed under international human rights law (article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)).

Even if an assembly is declared unlawful or is dispersed, that does not terminate the right of journalists to monitor protests."

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/publications/Briefer-Human-Rights-Context-Protests-Journalists.pdf