On Sunday, protesters entered the Cities Church in St. Paul, where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor.<\/a><\/p>\n Lemon, an independent broadcaster since his departure from CNN in 2023<\/a>, was interviewing one of the participants during a livestream before they entered the church. He then followed the group inside as they chanted \u201cICE out\u201d and accused a pastor of collaborating with the agency.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not a victory lap for me, because it\u2019s not over. They\u2019re gonna try again,\u201d Lemon told his Instagram followers Thursday after the judge\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n \u201cGuess what, here I am. Keep trying, that\u2019s not gonna stop me from being a journalist. You\u2019re not gonna diminish my voice,\u201d he added. \u201cGo ahead, make me into the new Jimmy Kimmel, if you want.\u201d<\/p>\n The Independent has contacted the DOJ for comment.<\/p>\n Lemon\u2019s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement that the judge\u2019s action confirms the First Amendment protected Lemon\u2019s work as a reporter.<\/p>\n Kimmel made headlines last year after his show was abruptly suspended<\/a>. The show was pulled after the Trump Administration took umbrage with a joke about the president\u2019s mourning of Charlie Kirk<\/a>, but was later put back on the air following a huge surge of support for Kimmel.<\/p>\n Three people were arrested Thursday in connection with the controversial church protest, Bondi said on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cListen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,\u201d the Attorney General wrote on X.<\/p>\n Levy Armstrong, a prominent local activist and lawyer who previously led Minneapolis\u2019s NAACP chapter, defended the demonstration before her arrest.<\/p>\n \u201cYou cannot lead a congregation while directing an agency whose actions have cost lives and inflicted fear in our communities,\u201d she told the Associated Press.<\/a> \u201cWhen officials protect armed agents, repeatedly refuse meaningful investigation into killings like Ren\u00e9e Good\u2019s, and signal they may pursue peaceful protesters and journalists, that is not justice \u2014 it is intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n Anti-ICE protests have erupted in Minnesota after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother Renee Good by an ICE agent on January 7. President Donald Trump and others in his administration have defended the agent, identified as Jonathan Ross, saying his life was in danger and that Good \u201cweaponized\u201d her vehicle against him. Some Democratic lawmakers and others have described Good\u2019s killing as \u201cmurder\u201d and called for the agent to be prosecuted.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Don](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Don-Lemon-on-Instagram.jpeg\")
Don Lemon said he was not taking \u2018a victory lap\u2019 after a judge dismissed efforts to charge him in connection to an anti-ICE protest (donlemonofficial\/Instagram)<\/p>\n