No Sanctuary For Don Lemon: Church arrest tests a conduct-based rule courts applied to Jan. 6: Unauthorized entry is the crime.
(LUTHMANN NOTE: This case strips away the theater and leaves only the law. Don Lemon did not get arrested for his opinions. He got arrested for where he went and what he did. Unauthorized entry is the offense. Full stop. That is the same rule applied to Owen Shroyer after January 6. Different politics. Different building. Same conduct. Shroyer never entered the Capitol, yet he served 60 days in federal prison because he crossed a restricted line. Lemon allegedly crossed one too, inside a private church during worship. Equal justice means equal consequences. If the law still means anything, Lemon should face the same sentence. No sanctuary. No carve-outs. No special rules. This piece is “No Sanctuary For Don Lemon.”)
Federal agents hauled Don Lemon into custody over his involvement in a Jan. 18 protest inside a St. Paul house of worship. Authorities say the former CNN star joined a pack of anti-ICE activists who stormed Cities Church during a Sunday service, disrupting shocked congregants mid-prayer.
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi took credit for the pre-dawn raid, announcing that she ordered Lemon’s arrest along with three others “in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul.” Agents nabbed Lemon in Los Angeles on Jan. 29 while he was covering an awards event, and charged him with conspiracy against rights and violating the FACE Act – federal civil-rights offenses that carry serious penalties.
I hope no one terrorized by the demonic invaders is a friend of or related to the victims and survivors of the Minneapolis Catholic Church School slaughter just last August. Can’t wait for Don’s chickens to come home to roost.