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fromAdvocate.com
8 hours ago
LGBT

Don Lemon's arrest prompts Jane Fonda and LGBTQ+ rights group to rally for press freedom

Federal arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort during protest coverage prompted a Los Angeles rally and raised urgent press freedom and government-treatment concerns.
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago
Media industry

Press freedom groups denounce arrests of two journalists including Don Lemon after Minnesota anti-ICE protest

Federal arrests of independent journalists, including Don Lemon, constitute a government crackdown that threatens press freedom and First Amendment protections.
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fromAdvocate.com
11 hours ago

What to know about Don Lemon, the gay journalist arrested by the Trump administration

Lemon was in Los Angeles covering the Grammy Awards when he was taken into custody Thursday evening. His arrest comes after federal prosecutors failed to bring charges against him for his interviews of protestors who staged a demonstration at a Minnesota church. Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, was also arrested Friday morning in connection with her reporting in Minnesota, she confirmed in a Facebook live video as agents demanded her surrender.
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