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

[Sundog]

How long will this misinformation continue? This did not happen. The service was over.
The pastor has a voice, if he wanted to continue with his sermon he could have said that and continued. Even in the face of protesting.

A service isn't over just because a sermon has been interrupted by a group of outsiders who have obstructed the church service. There is a lot more to a church service than the sermon. And the Pastor was kept from proceeding to do what he needed to do at that time. No misinformation here, just the facts. Watch the Pastor's face on the video and see him straining and desperately trying to see what is happening with his flock and needing to get to them. Very hard to watch and sad to see.

 

[tlcya]

Flock? Flock of sheep??? People can speak out. They have voices. The children were fine. Lemon blocked no one. Let the scales fall from your eyes. jmo
Are you saying that many able bodied men could not push back? They were so weak that they were scared of Don Lemon?????

are you suggesting the parishioners should have engaged physically with the angry yelling protesters and Lemon?

 

[Ruminations]

are you suggesting the parishioners should have engaged physically with the angry yelling protesters and Lemon?

No need. Look at the footage. People could just walk around with no need to engage physically or verbally.

MOO

 

[PrairieWind]

How long will this misinformation continue? This did not happen. The service was over.
The pastor has a voice, if he wanted to continue with his sermon he could have said that and continued. Even in the face of protesting.

The Service was disrupted by the protesters, and DL participated in that. That is fact, not disinformation.

 

[PrairieWind]

Flock? Flock of sheep??? People can speak out. They have voices. The children were fine. Lemon blocked no one. Let the scales fall from your eyes. jmo
Are you saying that many able bodied men could not push back? They were so weak that they were scared of Don Lemon?????

So you are saying that the congregation should have used force/violence to remove the protesters, otherwise they don't have a claim? That is an odd position to take.

 

[witchway]

So you are saying that the congregation should have used force/violence to remove the protesters, otherwise they don't have a claim? That is an odd position to take.

I never said that, but you can use your voice you can do plenty without violence. These are not helpless little lambs. imo

 

[PrairieWind]

I never said that, but you can use your voice you can do plenty without violence. These are not helpless little lambs. imo

They were there to worship. They are allowed to do so. The invasion of their worship service was a crime. You need to stop victim blaming which is not allowed here.

 

[witchway]

They were there to worship. They are allowed to do so. The invasion of their worship service was a crime. You need to stop victim blaming which is not allowed here.

I am not victim blaming. I am saying the congregation were not helpless sheep. As I keep reading here. jmo

 

[GatorsNorth]

They were there to worship. They are allowed to do so. The invasion of their worship service was a crime. You need to stop victim blaming which is not allowed here.

What victim blaming? I don’t see any.

 

[Sillybilly]

ADMIN NOTE:

Tone down the hostilities in this discussion, and do NOT quote things that members never said.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

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What we know is that the Pastor is a pastor, and the service isn't over until he tends his flock whether they are trying to get out of a horrible situation in their sanctuary, looking for the children, or hunkered down in the pews. He is trying to do that while Lemon was badgering him with his microphone. He needed to continue to do his work which was to try to make sure his congregants were safe, especially the children. That's what we know. And that is part of the service, interrupted or not. And Lemon stood in the way of that.

Agree!! Well said!!

 

[Hexe]

The Service was disrupted by the protesters, and DL participated in that. That is fact, not disinformation.

When and how did Lemon disrupt the service?

 

[witchway]

When and how did Lemon disrupt the service?

Never!

 

[PrairieWind]

Never!

WE can all go round and round about this. The allegation is that the protesters did illegally interfere with the church service. As far as I know, this is not reasonably disputed. What is disputed is whether DL and his associate did as well. The arguments are all well set out. Lets just wait and see what happens.

 

[Ruminations]

WE can all go round and round about this. The allegation is that the protesters did illegally interfere with the church service. As far as I know, this is not reasonably disputed. What is disputed is whether DL and his associate did as well. The arguments are all well set out. Lets just wait and see what happens.

So, "never!" it is.

MOO

 

[PrairieWind]

When and how did Lemon disrupt the service?

Hexe, this evidence has been produced over and over and over and over. We are not going to do this anymore.

 

[Ruminations]

Hexe, this evidence has been produced over and over and over and over. We are not going to do this anymore.

I'm sorry, but the evidence has not been presented. The videos simply don't show criminal behavior by Lemon.

Give a time stamp.

MOO

 

[PrairieWind]

I'm sorry, but the evidence has not been presented. The videos simply don't show criminal behavior by Lemon.

Give a time stamp.

MOO

The evidence is clear, it is in DL videos, the statements of the church members. It has all been "presented." That you reject it, is fine. But that is your opinion. You can't just keep stating over and over and over and over that nothing is presented. It has been.

 

[Ontario Mom]

I'm sorry, but the evidence has not been presented. The videos simply don't show criminal behavior by Lemon.

Give a time stamp.

MOO

As far as I'm aware, the general public has not seen all the evidence mentioned in the charging docs.
I look forward to that evidence being made available.

jmo

 

[tlcya]

As far as I'm aware, the general public has not seen all the evidence mentioned in the charging docs.
I look forward to that evidence being made available.

jmo

If I recall, the church has cameras that videotape and/or stream services, am I remembering that correctly? If so I look forward to seeing any footage that the prosecution plans to use to support their case against Lemon and the protesters.