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

[LAborn]

I'm not sure why you keep repeating the same thing. What did Don Lemon do that was illegal?

This a thousand times.

 

[Summerliz03]

Pam Bondi et al don't even need the charges to stick. They got their arrest b rolls. They got to sanctimoniously announce that freedom of worship will be protected. (As if that is going to distract me from the fact the citizens' rights to be on their own sidewalks or cars without getting killed has been taken away.) Pam Bondi is hoping people think, well, if he got arrested, he must have done something wrong. And thus, even though the charges won't stick, she has achieved her goal.

MOO

I agree, and I truly think Pam Bondi knows the charges won’t stick. She doesn’t care, it’s all just political theater to hype up the group of people who are so convinced that their religious freedoms are under attack, primarily white Christian nationalists. Who ironically enough, are the same people pushing for more religion in schools (but only Christianity), more religion in politics (but only Christianity), and seem to support the violent removal of their literal neighbors, which is the complete opposite of any of Jesus’ teachings. I say this as a Christian myself, who goes to church regularly and supports the freedom of religion in this country (but this goes for ALL religions, not just Christianity), nothing about the current administration is Christian and I have a hard time understanding how or why any Christian person supports it. All just MOO.

 

[Ruminations]

I agree, and I truly think Pam Bondi knows the charges won’t stick. She doesn’t care, it’s all just political theater to hype up the group of people who are so convinced that their religious freedoms are under attack, primarily white Christian nationalists. Who ironically enough, are the same people pushing for more religion in schools (but only Christianity), more religion in politics (but only Christianity), and seem to support the violent removal of their literal neighbors, which is the complete opposite of any of Jesus’ teachings. I say this as a Christian myself, who goes to church regularly and supports the freedom of religion in this country (but this goes for ALL religions, not just Christianity), nothing about the current administration is Christian and I have a hard time understanding how or why any Christian person supports it. All just MOO.

Scripture is pretty clear about treatment of strangers and those in need. AFAIK, there is nothing Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, or Secular Humanist about this. The protest that Lemon was covering was a protest against ICE. There is no argument that ICE is acting in a Christian way. Being that they are behaving extra-judicially, going against training, and targeting law-abiding people, there isn't even the, "but the law" argument. It's pretty rich if anyone thinks this administration is pro-Christian.

The protesters were not anti-Christian. They were anti ICE.

Lemon was not a protester. He was a journalist.

MOO

 

[LAborn]

Scripture is pretty clear about treatment of strangers and those in need. AFAIK, there is nothing Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, or Secular Humanist about this. The protest that Lemon was covering was a protest against ICE. There is no argument that ICE is acting in a Christian way. Being that they are behaving extra-judicially, going against training, and targeting law-abiding people, there isn't even the, "but the law" argument. It's pretty rich if anyone thinks this administration is pro-Christian.

The protesters were not anti-Christian. They were anti ICE.

Lemon was not a protester. He was a journalist.

MOO

Exactly. The main person is a minister and civil rights lawyer. Come on now.