Former CNN journalist Don Lemon arrested in connection with Minnesota protest

Former CNN journalist Don Lemon arrested in connection with Minnesota protest(abcnews.go.com)

64 points by tortilla 107 days ago | 19 comments

comrade1234 107 days ago |

The murderers are in the equivalent of witness protection and they're arresting journalists. Not a good look.

smashed 107 days ago | |

I wonder if the US population understands that the entire world now knows the US is under a fascist regime and is cutting ties as fast as possible. The economic repercussions of this regime will be felt for years to come. Look at the USD/EUR or USD/CAD exchange rates over the last year.

edit: thanks for the downvotes. I know political comments are frowned upon on HN and that is fine. I tried to be factual but my tone was probably off.

ChrisArchitect 107 days ago |

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46824428

pcf 106 days ago |

This is not HN material.

data_Is_Raciss 107 days ago |

It’s nice to see laws enforced. Unfortunate that it has become such a controversy when it happens across a growing range of law and order.

xdennis 107 days ago |

This is not surprising. America is basically engaged in a tit-for-tat.

There were several right wing journalists abducted for documenting J6:

* Steve Baker, working for Blaze Media, https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-arresting-reporter-sparks-maga-...

* Owen Shroyer, InfoWars, 2 months in prison, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/infowars-host-owen-shr...

* multiple other independent journalists

bigbadfeline 107 days ago | |

> This is not surprising. America is basically engaged in a tit-for-tat.

They're using the "two wrongs make a right" theory again? Still haven't figured out that it's just double wrong?

Even worse, it's not really a tit-for-tat, it's a theater of tit-for-tat, a slow-boiling theater which habituates more and more oppression. Why wouldn't both sides use it - it gives them exactly what they want.

gdubs 107 days ago | |

I feel like Americans need to not fall into a "both sides" framing of what's happening. These situations are not honestly equivalent.

t-3 107 days ago | | |

It's about face, not facts. "We need to get them how they got us"

boxed 107 days ago |

> "Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done," Lowell said in a statement. "The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable."

I mean.. he posted the videos so we can all see that this isn't the case. Journalism doesn't normally produce the chaos that they report on.