""For more than 30 years, I've been a journalist, and the power and protection of the First Amendment has been the underpinning of my work. The First Amendment, the freedom of the press, are the bedrock of our democracy," Lemon said outside the courthouse after his arraignment. "And like all of you here in Minnesota, the great people of Minnesota, I will not be intimidated, I will not back down.""
""Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong was among the other defendants who pleaded not guilty Friday. The prominent local activist was the subject of a doctored photo posted on official White House social media that falsely showed her crying during her arrest. The picture is part of a deluge of AI-altered imagery that has circulated since the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minneapolis amid President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown.""
""Dozens of supporters gathered outside the courthouse, chanting \"Pam Bondi has got to go\" and \"Protect the press.\"""
Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges after a Jan. 18 protest at Cities Church in St. Paul where an ICE official is a pastor. Lemon says he attended to chronicle the protest and was not a participant, and he vowed to fight the charges while defending First Amendment and press freedoms. Dozens of supporters rallied outside the courthouse chanting against Pam Bondi and urging protection of the press. Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong also pleaded not guilty and was targeted by a doctored White House social post; AI-altered imagery has circulated after fatal federal shootings in Minneapolis.
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