Don Lemon says federal agents were sent to arrest him though he offered to turn self in
The Guardian – World —
Former CNN anchor faces charges over coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service.Don Lemon says about a dozen federal agents came to his Los Angeles hotel to arrest him overnight on 30 January, even though the former CNN anchor’s attorney had told authorities he would turn himself in to face federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service.Lemon on Monday told ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel that sending the agents was a waste of resources because law enforcement wouldn’t have had to dispatch agents to follow him if he had been allowed to surrender to authorities. Continue reading...