"The First Amendment is not just a legal guarantee. ... It is breath in the lungs of a democracy. ... And when that breath is threatened, you feel it before you can explain it."
"I felt the smothering and suffocation. I saw how quickly a voice can be targeted. How easily truth can be distorted. ... I saw how fast a story can be turned into a warning. But I'm not an activist. I'm not a protester. I 'm a journalist."
Don Lemon made a surprise appearance at the Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Dinner, addressing attacks on press freedom amid his January 29 federal arrest tied to coverage of a January 18 protest at Cities Church in St. Paul. He faces charges of conspiracy against rights and interference with free exercise of religion, was released January 30 without bail, and vowed to continue reporting. The arrests occurred against a backdrop of ICE and CBP violence in Minnesota, including the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, prompting outrage over treatment of immigrants and threats to journalistic practice.
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