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Is Don Lemon a law unto himself?

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Posted By: Hazymac, 1/31/2026 7:30:29 AM

A Minnesota grand jury indicted nine defendants in the Cities Church riot. The indictment was unsealed yesterday. I posted a copy here. All defendants are charged with violation of the law against conspiracy to violate the civil rights of third parties and with violation of the FACE Act. The indictment specifies the statutory provisions in issue. Two of the defendants are journalists: Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. The fog machine at the Star Tribune is working overtime to obscure the issue raised by their alleged illegal misconduct. Assuming they committed the misconduct in issue, does the First Amendment shield them from the law? In other words, do they have a First

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Lemon a law unto himself? No, he's a bespectacled perch, a panfish.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Roscoelewis 1/31/2026 7:44:05 AM (No. 2062854)
He was in the church. He and all the others were disrupting the service, no matter what they say. Alll of them should be prosecuted.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: skacmar 1/31/2026 8:22:37 AM (No. 2062867)
By becoming a part of the story and actively participating in the disruption of the church and it's congregation, Lemon crossed the line from alleged hack journalist to protester.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: halfnorsk 1/31/2026 8:37:44 AM (No. 2062874)
When he "interviewed" the pastor, Lemon lectured the man by twisting the meaning of the First Amendment. In other words, he was advocating for the protesters. That is not journalism.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Catfur27 1/31/2026 8:41:55 AM (No. 2062880)
...show this clown what's it's like when dems use lawfare to bankrupt someone...he can use that in his next "journalism" story.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Strike3 1/31/2026 9:27:34 AM (No. 2062901)
No, he's just a dillweed with an inflated ego.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: stablemoney 1/31/2026 10:07:50 AM (No. 2062922)
Lemon's last resort to get his face shown is to join in communist riots.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: janjan 1/31/2026 10:15:32 AM (No. 2062926)
Lemon’s attorney has to glob onto the 1st Amendment defense because he has nothing else.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: kdog 1/31/2026 10:56:56 AM (No. 2062932)
It's amazing how many so called experts are spring loaded to be stooges for ANY position of the left.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: bighambone 1/31/2026 11:45:20 AM (No. 2062952)
Unfortunately Minnesota has been infested with leftist Democrat activist Federal Judges over the years, and there is little doubt that in such a highly political case, that those Judges will immediately throw the Don Lemon case out of their court no matter what evidence is presented that Lemon violated the law.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: MickTurn 1/31/2026 2:32:47 PM (No. 2063098)
Donny 'Rotten' Lemon is so full of himself he forgot Journalists cannot participate in the story they are covering, which HE DID on STEROIDS. He's TOAST. Put him in a Prison Cell with Bubba and they both will be very happy, and we'll never hear from this MORON AGAIN!
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