ST PAUL, United States: Former CNN anchor Don Lemon pleaded not responsible on Friday (Feb 13) to federal civil rights prices stemming from his coverage of an immigration protest in Minnesota.
Lemon, now an unbiased journalist, was amongst reporters who coated a protest final month at a St. Paul church the place an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official is a pastor.
Lemon, one other reporter and 7 different persons are accused of conspiring towards the correct to spiritual freedom and with interfering with the correct to train non secular freedom at a spot of worship.
Lemon, who livestreamed the church protest, pleaded not responsible to the fees throughout a quick look in a federal courtroom in St. Paul, the dual metropolis of Minneapolis.
Chatting with reporters afterwards, Lemon stated the fees are an assault on the First Modification to the US Structure, which ensures freedom of speech and of the press.
“This is not nearly me,” Lemon stated. “That is about all journalists, particularly right here in the USA.”
“For greater than 30 years I have been a journalist and the facility and safety of the First Modification has been the underpinning of my work,” he stated.
“I can’t be intimidated. I can’t again down. I’ll battle these baseless prices and I can’t be silenced,” Lemon stated.
