Arrested for Doing His Job
Arrested for Doing His Job For Trump, the Constitution is just a suggestion Dan Rather and Team Steady Jan 31 Journalist Don Lemon outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles after his arrest. Credit: Getty Images If you dispatch two dozen federal law enforcement officers to arrest a single journalist, you’re doing more than apprehending a suspect, you’re sending a message. The message is this: no journalist is safe in America, no journalist can freely report without fear of retribution. We have crossed yet another red line with Donald Trump. In case there was any doubt, this weekend’s actions against former CNN anchor Don Lemon confirm we are now living under an increasingly authoritarian regime. If we don’t have the right to freely and independently gather information and report the truth as we see it, then we might as well crumple up the Constitution, along with the Bill of Rights, and toss them in the trash. This is not just about Lemon, a longtime professional with who...