Former CNN journalist Don Lemon arrested in connection with Minnesota protest

https://abcnews.go.com/US/don-lemon-arrested-connection-minnesota-protest-sources/story?id=129699476

64•tortilla•1w ago

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data_Is_Raciss•1w ago

It’s nice to see laws enforced. Unfortunate that it has become such a controversy when it happens across a growing range of law and order.

comrade1234•1w ago

The murderers are in the equivalent of witness protection and they're arresting journalists. Not a good look.

smashed•1w ago

I wonder if the US population understands that the entire world now knows the US is under a fascist regime and is cutting ties as fast as possible. The economic repercussions of this regime will be felt for years to come. Look at the USD/EUR or USD/CAD exchange rates over the last year.

edit: thanks for the downvotes. I know political comments are frowned upon on HN and that is fine. I tried to be factual but my tone was probably off.

boxed•1w ago

> "Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done," Lowell said in a statement. "The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable."

I mean.. he posted the videos so we can all see that this isn't the case. Journalism doesn't normally produce the chaos that they report on.

ChrisArchitect•1w ago

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46824428

xdennis•1w ago

This is not surprising. America is basically engaged in a tit-for-tat.

There were several right wing journalists abducted for documenting J6:

* Steve Baker, working for Blaze Media, https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-arresting-reporter-sparks-maga-...

* Owen Shroyer, InfoWars, 2 months in prison, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/infowars-host-owen-shr...

* multiple other independent journalists

bigbadfeline•1w ago

> This is not surprising. America is basically engaged in a tit-for-tat.

They're using the "two wrongs make a right" theory again? Still haven't figured out that it's just double wrong?

Even worse, it's not really a tit-for-tat, it's a theater of tit-for-tat, a slow-boiling theater which habituates more and more oppression. Why wouldn't both sides use it - it gives them exactly what they want.

gdubs•1w ago

I feel like Americans need to not fall into a "both sides" framing of what's happening. These situations are not honestly equivalent.

t-3•1w ago

It's about face, not facts. "We need to get them how they got us"

pcf•1w ago

This is not HN material.

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