Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested Thursday and Friday in connection with an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a worship service at a church in Saint Paul.
Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, while Fort was arrested at her home in the Twin Cities.
The disturbance at Cities Church unfolded on Jan. 18 when about 30 to 40 demonstrators entered the church during a Sunday service and challenged congregants and leaders, chanting against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and calling out a pastor at the church who is also an ICE official. Federal prosecutors said the protestors targeted the church because of that affiliation and disrupted a worship service.
A federal court affidavit said worshippers were surprised and at times cut off from family members in the building’s childcare area while demonstrators blocked passageways and made statements that heightened fear among those attending the service.…
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