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

[Summerliz03]

Blocking him at all would be.

Where did he block him? He was standing to the side of the doorway, next to a pastor as he interviewed him. Then the pastor walked out the door and still allowed himself to be interviewed outside by Don Lemon. And he interviewed another pastor who stood up near the alter, he was also standing next to him and the pastor was not blocked from walking away.

 

[Deleted member 117884]

The thing os Lemon blocked noone. When he was interviewing people you could see other people going past.

MOO

Yes, I saw that too when I watched the video coverage.

jmo

 

[Hexe]

There is ample evidence, part of it that Lemon entered the church.

Entering the church is not a crime. He did not start reporting until the service got already disrupted by the protest and wasn't going to be continued.

MOO

 

[Summerliz03]

There is ample evidence, part of it that Lemon entered the church.

Is it a crime to enter a church? Don lemon entered the church completely alone, sat in a pew and said nothing at all until the protesters started with their protest. Then he began documenting the event and interviewing people. It’s all in the livestream that he uploaded to his YouTube.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Is it a crime to enter a church? Don lemon entered the church completely alone, sat in a pew and said nothing at all until the protesters started with their protest. Then he began documenting the event and interviewing people. It’s all in the livestream that he uploaded to his YouTube.

If you were there because you knew a crime was going to happen, yes.

 

[Hexe]

It was intimidaing and the pastor was block, as were some of the others.

How exactly is approaching a person with mike and politely asking questions intimidating?How was the pastor blocked, when people around could pass freely? Explain please.

 

[Hexe]

If you were there because you knew a crime was going to happen, yes.

There is no evidence Lemon knew a crime was going to happen.

MOO

 

[Ruminations]

And this pastor, Paula White, has condemned Lemon: 'Shameful': Pastors, Christian leaders react to activists storming So. Baptist church in Minnesota

So has the President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Albert Mohler, and Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.

That pastor is Trumps spiritual advisor, FWIW.

MOO

 

[J. J. in Phila]

There is no evidence Lemon knew a crime was going to happen.

MOO

There is some circumstantial evidence. That is where theconspiracy charges come in.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

That pastor is Trumps spiritual advisor, FWIW.

MOO

The other two are not. Warnock is a left wing Democrat.

 

[Ruminations]

This is criminal and that is why they are being charged.

No. They are being charged because the administration is trying to chill journalism and chill protests.

If law and order were the issue, the administration would not be involved with extra judicial killings.


If the FACE act were the issue, the administration would not be pardoning others charged with it, and trying to overturn the act.

Child trafficking is criminal. War acts without congress is criminal. Shooting civilians in the street is criminal.


There is no evidence that charging criminals is the goal here. There is evidence that chilling journalism is the goal. Journalists were disproportionately charged.

MOO

 

[J. J. in Phila]

How exactly is approaching a person with mike and politely asking questions intimidating?How was the pastor blocked, when people around could pass freely? Explain please.

Because you are doing it, without their consent, during a church service.

 

[Deleted member 117884]

That pastor is Trumps spiritual advisor, FWIW.

MOO

And seems to condemn rather than reconcile, which surprises me as it's so unlike the pastors I know.



But there is room for all types of faith in practice, even if I don't understand it.
Jmo

 

[J. J. in Phila]

No. They are being charged because the administration is trying to chill journalism and chill protests.

If law and order were the issue, the administration would not be involved with extra judicial killings.


If the FACE act were the issue, the administration would not be pardoning others charged with it, and trying to overturn the act.

Child trafficking is criminal. War acts without congress is criminal. Shooting civilians in the street is criminal.

There is no evidence that charging criminals is the goal here. There is evidence that chilling journalism is the goal as journalists were disproportionately charged.


MOO

This post indicates a bias.

MOO, most people do not believe a church service should be disrupted.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

And seems to condemn rather than reconcile, which surprises me as it's so unlike the pastors I know.

But there is room for all types of faith in practice, even if I don't understand it.

jmo

As I pointed out, there were two other pastors listed.

 

[Ruminations]

That is not really the right question. Is a journalist protected by the First Amendment if he goes with someone who commits a criminal act, before, during and after the event?

That wasn't the right question? It wasn't even a question. It was a statement.

MOO

 

[J. J. in Phila]

That wasn't the right question? It wasn't even a question. It was a statement.

MOO

I responded to apost that said "But the question if his behaviour."

 

[Hexe]

Because you are doing it, without their consent, during a church service.

Which is not what Lemon did. He started to interview people after the service already ended due to disruption by demonstration and people started to leave.

Also, it's rather hard to obtain consent without asking first.

MOO

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Which is not what Lemon did. He started to interview people after the service already ended due to disruption by demonstration and people started to leave.

Also, it's rather hard to obtain consent without asking first.

MOO

It had not.

 

[Hexe]

This post indicates a bias.

Everyone has some kind of bias. That's how people get different opinions.

MOO