I am not surprised after he interrupted a church ⛪️ service along with anti #ICE 🧊 protesters.
If you are going to protest ICE 🧊 agents, peacefully protest ICE 🧊 while they are out in the streets. Not at their house, & not at house of worship.
👉🏾 Former #CNN anchor #DonLemon taken into custody, sources say https://www.cbsnews.com/news/don-lemon-in-custody-former-cnn-anchor-sources-say/
@darnell Peaceful protests take place at houses (including at the local political level). And arguably, protesting ICE when they don’t have weapons would be safer and more peaceful.
“Protest” doesn’t mean quiet and easily ignorable. Please save your cries for peacefulness for those disturbing it (ICE, not those trying to preserve/restore it).
@helianthropy Protesting on private property & disrupting a religious ceremony is illegal. It violates the 1st Amendment & most Americans would not want strangers disrupting their houses of worship.
Yes, what ICE is doing is horrific, but that does not justify violating the constitutional rights of others.
I expect the courts to come down hard on Don Lemon, given his status.
@darnell what a baseless take and sharing an article from a fascist-collaborating organization, no less. The gestapo deserve no peace. Rattle their houses so they can't sleep.
@DirtyAnCom Disrupting religious ceremonies on private property is a great way to not only hurt your own cause (as most Americans would be enraged by their actions), but give an excuse for Trump to go after journalists (we do not need that to happen).
I am all for protesting ICE, & I am vehemently opposed to the tactics that they are using. But that does not justify me violating other people’s constitutional rights.
@darnell
Wow. I respect your point of view as always but I really can't disagree hard enough, both on the direct action itself and on being able to cover the disturbance as a journalist.
@ohmu It’s private property so it’s technically trespassing, especially since it is causing a disturbance. It would be like interrupting a business or blocking a private road.
Also, since it is a religious building, it falls under the 1st Amendment—& the courts would not look kindly on anyone disrupting a religious ceremony on private property (especially the Supreme Court).
@darnell
Thank you for replying.
Yes. It's absolutely civil disobedience.
I've been thinking about this all morning since you posted. I'm very aware of the role of churches in liberation movements. As in, I need to probably check myself here.
But this still feels different to me.
@darnell "peaceful" protests doesn't prevent ICE from shooting people anyway, so why does it matter if protestors interrupted a church service
@CathyBikesBook Because you lose the narrative, & turn public opinion against you. Also, the last thing we need is justification for the Insurrection Act to be used.
That would turn the US military & any conservative militia against the general population.
Not an ideal scenario.
