Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Dustin Rowles | TV | January 30, 2026
ICE agents responsible for the shooting deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have, so far, not been arrested. Instead, several days after the fact, the ICE agents who shot Pretti were placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the very department responsible for the shooting.
Wrap your brain around that while I tell you that Don Lemon has been arrested. Did the former CNN anchor shoot anyone? He did not. What is his crime? Well, if you ask the federal magistrate who refused to issue an arrest warrant, Lemon committed no crime at all. The federal court of appeals, despite extraordinary pressure from the Department of Justice, likewise refused to authorize an arrest. A conservative judge called the petition for an arrest warrant “frivolous” and dismissed the argument that it was necessary because of a so-called “national emergency.”
They arrested Lemon anyway. For what? Because several people interrupted a church service in Minneapolis where an ICE agent is a pastor to protest, and Don Lemon and a producer were present to report on the demonstration as journalists, which is allowed under the First Amendment, which some of you may recall is the bedrock of the United States Constitution.
It is true that protesting inside a house of worship is generally impermissible because churches are private spaces, even when they are open to the public. It is not illegal, however, to report on a protest from inside a church. As long as you are not personally disrupting the service, you are a legally permitted attendee.
Lemon was arrested Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy Awards.
This is the Administration’s effort to undermine the First Amendment and to complicate the rights of journalists covering protests — even while federal agents involved in deadly use of force remain untouched by criminal charges.
via NYTimes
