Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was detained by federal agents in Los Angeles while he was supposed to be covering the Grammy Awards. The case is connected to his reporting on a protest in Minnesota that involved the pastor’s alleged ties to immigration agents.
Former CNN host Don Lemon was detained by federal agents in Los Angeles on Thursday night, where he was supposed to cover the Grammy music awards. This was announced on Friday by his lawyer Abbe Lowell, writes TASR based on a report from NBC News.
- Federal agents arrested Don Lemon in Los Angeles.
- The reasons for the detention are not yet known exactly.
- The arrest is related to a protest at a church in Minneapolis.
- The lawyer described the intervention as an attack on freedom of the press.
- In Minneapolis, agents shot and killed two people during the intervention.
The television reports that the exact reasons for his detention were not immediately known. But she added that the US Department of Justice had promised to charge the freelance journalist after he reported on a protest at a church in Minneapolis last week against a pastor who allegedly cooperated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
An attack on a journalist
“Instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful protesters in Minnesota, Trump’s Justice Department is devoting its time, attention and resources to this arrest,” Lemon’s lawyer said, calling it “an attack on the First Amendment and a clear attempt to distract from this administration’s many crises.”
“Don will vigorously oppose these allegations and will fight in court,” he added. NBC News reports that the arrest of the former CNN anchor is just the latest development in the situation in Minneapolis, where federal agents shot and killed two American citizens during a crackdown on illegal immigration in recent days.
Tension in Minneapolis
Agents detained three other people at the church demonstration that Lemon was covering. A crowd of protesters attended the mass because they believed that the local pastor was cooperating with anti-immigration agents.
