"Also scheduled for arraignment Friday is civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, the subject of a photo posted on an official White House social media account that was altered to falsely show her crying when she was arrested. The picture is part of a deluge of AI-altered imagery circulating since the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown."
"Lemon had previously said through another attorney, Marilyn Bednarsk, that he planned to plead not guilty to federal civil rights charges over his coverage of the protest at a Southern Baptist church in St. Paul. Protesters interrupted the service at Cities Church on Jan. 18 by chanting "ICE out" and "Justice for Renee Good," referring to the 37-year-old mother of three who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis last month."
Federal arraignments are scheduled for Don Lemon and several others accused of disrupting a service at a church where an ICE official served as pastor. Nine defendants face charges; two more, including independent journalist Georgia Fort, are to be arraigned next week. Arraignments typically include plea entries and scheduling of future proceedings. Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong is also scheduled for arraignment and was the subject of an AI-altered White House social media photo falsely showing her crying when arrested. Protesters chanted "ICE out" and "Justice for Renee Good" after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer. Lemon says he was at the event as a journalist and planned to plead not guilty to federal civil rights charges.
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