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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested over Minneapolis protests: lawyer
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Don Lemon attends the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Awards Gala at the New York Hilton Midtown, December 6, 2022, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon, now an independent journalist, has been arrested over coverage of protests in Minneapolis, where demonstrations have raged against the US-wide immigration crackdown, his lawyer says.
“Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles,” his lawyer says in a statement. “His constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different from what he has always done.”
Lemon is being held on charges that he violated federal law during a protest at a church in a case rejected last week by a magistrate judge, the New York Times reports.
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