Don Lemon Launched With out Bail After Church Protest Arrest

Don Lemon made his first court docket look in Los Angeles right now — and he is already again on the streets … as a result of a decide let him go with out bail.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advised Lemon and the assembled crowd politicians would stand behind him and guarantee he may proceed to cowl essential tales across the nation.

Mayor Bass made it clear there is a distinction between the journalists who cowl the protest on the church and protesters who confirmed as much as the church to make an announcement … and folks ought to maintain that in thoughts as an alternative of throwing all of them into one bucket.

The mayor added that if it may possibly occur to at least one journalist, it may possibly occur to all of them … so, each reporter wants to observe their backs. We’re ready for Don to exit the courthouse, and maybe, communicate to the media.

Lemon’s subsequent court docket date is February 9.

Don’s husband, Tim Malone, confirmed as much as court docket to help the journalist … although he saved his ideas to himself as he walked previous the cameras.

As we reported, Lemon was charged with violating a federal legislation by interfering with worship throughout a January anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in Minneapolis on January 18.

In an announcement on Friday, U.S. Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi mentioned … “At my route, early this morning federal brokers arrested Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in reference to the coordinated assault on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.”

His legal professional, Abbe Lowell, sounded off Friday morning — saying Don was there as a journalist, protected by the First Modification, and that his arrest was a distraction from the Trump admin investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by the hands of federal immigration enforcement brokers in Minneapolis.

As we advised you — the feds initially tried to cost 8 folks tied to the Cities Church protest, Don included … however a Justice of the Peace decide solely signed off on fees for 3, and Lemon wasn’t one in all them.