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Don Lemon charged with federal civil rights crimes over church protest
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3:44Now PlayingJournalist Don Lemon has been charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Friday.
The arrest marks a significant escalation in the federal response to recent civil unrest in the Twin Cities.
Lemon was arrested Thursday by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, according to his attorney Abbe Lowell.
He is charged with conspiracy and interfering with the First Amendment rights of worshipers.
The charges originate from a Jan. 18 protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, where David Easterwood—a local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official—serves as a pastor.
Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed that federal agents also arrested independent journalist Georgia Fort, Black Lives Matter Minnesota leader Trahern Jeen Crews, and Hennepin County official Jamael Lydell Lundy.
While the administration characterizes the event as an "attack," Lemon has maintained that he was present solely as an independent journalist.
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