Seth Stern, the chief of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation.:
“These arrests under bogus legal theories for obviously constitutionally protected reporting are clear warning shots aimed at other journalists […] The unmistakable message is that journalists must tread cautiously because the government is looking for any way to target them. […]
The answer to this outrageous attack is not fear or self-censorship. It’s an even stronger commitment to journalism, the truth, and the First Amendment. If the Trump administration thinks it can bully journalists into submission, it is wrong.”
Katherine Jacobsen, the US, Canada and Caribbean Program Coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists :
Lemon’s arrest “should alarm all Americans.
As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is an indicator of the condition of a country’s democracy. The United States is doing poorly,”
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Lisa Gilbert, Public Citizen:
“Reporters in America are free to view, document, and share information with the public,” Gilbert said. “This arrest is a constitutional violation, an outrage, an authoritarian breach, and utterly appalling.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/30/politics/don-lemon-custody
also Special Reports at the CPJ https://cpj.org/issue/press-freedom-in-the-us/
#GeorgiaFort #DonLemon, #JamaelLundy #TrahernCrews
#PressFreedom #USPOL #Fascism
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