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I'm a big 1st Amendment advocate, all five elements are important to me. Journalists are arrested pretty often, although they're not usually as well-known as Don Lemon is. Sometimes they're arrested wrongfully because they broke no laws and they win in court. Sometimes they did break the law and they're convicted. I don't know all of the details about Don Lemon here, like for example whether or not the church asked them all to leave. But even if not, it is very possible he broke the law and could be convicted.
The alarming element is that a judge had already rejected the charges - source
As has been seen repeatedly with this administration, they will keep harping on the DOJ to do illegal things, like with the Comey case where they illegally installed an AG cause everyone else wasn't willing to touch the case.
"I didn't do any research but here's my uniformed opinion on why this isn't as bad as it sounds."
I know a lot about the first amendment, I've been watching legal analysis for years. There's really no question he committed a federal crime. I'm unclear whether or not there are additional crimes. Can you tell me why you think he didn't?
“I know a lot about the law. I watched some YouTube videos.”
What federal crime exactly, be specific in your admittedly uneducated bullshit.
Keep in mind you already said you didn't know much about this particular situation.
The 1984 FACE act was written to protect abortion clinics from disruption but in order to pass it, they added protection for churches. This was a clear violation. I admitted there were details I didn't know. That is a far cry from knowing nothing, and also it is honest. Will you be honest about what you do or do not know?
I know hilarity when I encounter it in lemmy.
I don't know that's why I asked you what crime he is guilty of because you're speaking like you know even after admitting you didn't read anything about it.
You're engaging in terrible misrepresentation of what I said, which is expected. You're a piece of shit. I admitted to not knowing everything. How could I? I'm not privy to unreleased info, I'm not part of the investigative team. You take that and say I said I admitted I didn't read anything? Seriously fuck you with a mop handle.
I haven't misrepresented anything but in do love summer ad hominem.