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Here is the link (but all screenshots are in the thread 🧵).
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are:

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said~

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

#ICE is rapidly expanding its use of #privacy -breeching tech after its "influx of cash" last July that increased its annual budget to ~ $28 billion from $8 billion.

#DHS "also spent nearly $10 million acquiring at least three social media monitoring tools & services that allow it to delve into people's cellphones..." 😳

#ICE is also actively seeking to advertising #data & buy big tech #data (e.g., phone identifiers, contacts). 🚨

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The technology visible in the photographs was Mobile Fortify. The app was built on technology that had been created for Customs and Border Protection, the current and former Homeland Security officials said.
A department spokeswoman said
Mobile Fortify was a "lawful law enforcement tool" and "lawfully used nationwide in accordance with all applicable legal authorities."
In a 2024 agency report, the Homeland Security Department said it used a facial recognition tool from Clearview Al for child exploitation investigations.
But in a $3.75 million contract with the company in September, the agency said the tool would also be used to investigate attacks on law enforcement.
A Clearview AI spokeswoman said the focus of its contract with the department was supporting investigations into child exploitation and cybercrimes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — The technology visible in the photographs was Mobile Fortify. The app was built on technology that had been created for Customs and Border Protection, the current and former Homeland Security officials said. A department spokeswoman said Mobile Fortify was a "lawful law enforcement tool" and "lawfully used nationwide in accordance with all applicable legal authorities." In a 2024 agency report, the Homeland Security Department said it used a facial recognition tool from Clearview Al for child exploitation investigations. But in a $3.75 million contract with the company in September, the agency said the tool would also be used to investigate attacks on law enforcement. A Clearview AI spokeswoman said the focus of its contract with the department was supporting investigations into child exploitation and cybercrimes. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

ICE is continuing to seek more technology. Last week, the agency published a request for information for ways to better acquire and integrate so-called big data and advertising tech into its operations, saying it was
"working with increasing volumes of criminal, civil and regulatory administrative documentation from numerous internal and external sources."
The questionnaire asked vendors to describe the types of data they could provide on "people, businesses, devices, locations, transactions, public records." It also asked vendors how their systems could help "identify subjects, entities or locations of interest" and whether people could be searched by identifiers including
"name, phone, device, account, location."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — ICE is continuing to seek more technology. Last week, the agency published a request for information for ways to better acquire and integrate so-called big data and advertising tech into its operations, saying it was "working with increasing volumes of criminal, civil and regulatory administrative documentation from numerous internal and external sources." The questionnaire asked vendors to describe the types of data they could provide on "people, businesses, devices, locations, transactions, public records." It also asked vendors how their systems could help "identify subjects, entities or locations of interest" and whether people could be searched by identifiers including "name, phone, device, account, location." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

Justin Sherman, a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology, said the request showed ICE was "doubling down" on buying sensitive data.
Ms. Cleland, the Richfield resident, said that three days after the encounter with the ICE agent, she received an email from the Department of Homeland Security saying her Global Entry and Transportation Security
Administration travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — Justin Sherman, a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology, said the request showed ICE was "doubling down" on buying sensitive data. Ms. Cleland, the Richfield resident, said that three days after the encounter with the ICE agent, she received an email from the Department of Homeland Security saying her Global Entry and Transportation Security Administration travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

Ms. Cleland said she had swung from anger to fear. "I don't know how far-reaching ICE can be," she said. "I'm struggling to figure out what I can do, without putting myself at greater risk or putting other people at risk." Last week, Ms. Cleland signed a declaration joining a lawsuit against the Homeland Security Department in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. The lawsuit challenges ICE's treatment of observers. In her declaration, Ms. Cleland asked why her traveler status had been revoked.
"I am a totally average American, and I cannot abide by what is happening right now," she said.
Daniel Wood and Kashmir Hill contributed reporting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — Ms. Cleland said she had swung from anger to fear. "I don't know how far-reaching ICE can be," she said. "I'm struggling to figure out what I can do, without putting myself at greater risk or putting other people at risk." Last week, Ms. Cleland signed a declaration joining a lawsuit against the Homeland Security Department in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. The lawsuit challenges ICE's treatment of observers. In her declaration, Ms. Cleland asked why her traveler status had been revoked. "I am a totally average American, and I cannot abide by what is happening right now," she said. Daniel Wood and Kashmir Hill contributed reporting. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

"...at least seven American citizens (were) told by #ICE agents this month that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology in & around Minneapolis...None had given consent for their faces to be recorded.

"Facial recognition is just one technology tool that ICE has deployed...
The technologies are being used not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track citizens who have protested ICE's presence..."

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How ICE Already Knows
Who Minneapolis
Protesters Are
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

On the morning of Jan. 10, Nicole Cleland was in her car trailing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent through Richfield, Minn., her hometown.
Suddenly, the agent turned into a series of one-way streets and stopped, getting out of his white Dodge Ram, said Ms. Cleland, who volunteers with a local watchdog group that observes the activity of immigration officers.
The agent then walked over to Ms.
Cleland's car and surprised her by addressing her as Nicole.
"He said he had facial recognition and that his body camera was on," said Ms.
Cleland, 56, who had not met the agent before.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — On the morning of Jan. 10, Nicole Cleland was in her car trailing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent through Richfield, Minn., her hometown. Suddenly, the agent turned into a series of one-way streets and stopped, getting out of his white Dodge Ram, said Ms. Cleland, who volunteers with a local watchdog group that observes the activity of immigration officers. The agent then walked over to Ms. Cleland's car and surprised her by addressing her as Nicole. "He said he had facial recognition and that his body camera was on," said Ms. Cleland, 56, who had not met the agent before. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

Ms. Cleland was one of at least seven American citizens told by ICE agents this month that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology in and around Minneapolis, according to local activists and videos posted to social media, which were verified by The New York Times. None had given consent for their faces to be recorded.
Facial recognition is just one technology tool that ICE has deployed in Minneapolis, where thousands of agents are conducting a crackdown.
The technologies are being used not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track citizens who have protested ICE's presence, said three current and former officials of the Department of Homeland Security who were not authorized to discuss confidential matters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — Ms. Cleland was one of at least seven American citizens told by ICE agents this month that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology in and around Minneapolis, according to local activists and videos posted to social media, which were verified by The New York Times. None had given consent for their faces to be recorded. Facial recognition is just one technology tool that ICE has deployed in Minneapolis, where thousands of agents are conducting a crackdown. The technologies are being used not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track citizens who have protested ICE's presence, said three current and former officials of the Department of Homeland Security who were not authorized to discuss confidential matters. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

ICE is using two facial recognition programs in Minnesota, they said, including one made by the tech company Clearview AI and a newer program, Mobile Fortify. The agency is also using cellphone and social media tools to monitor people's online activity and potentially hack into phones. And agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify realtime locations for individuals they are pursuing, the current and former officials said.
"The technologies are being deployed, or appear to be deployed, in a much more aggressive way than we have seen in the past," said Nathan Freed Wessler, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued the Homeland Security Department over the immigration operation in Minneapolis. "The conglomeration of all these technologies together is giving the government unprecedented abilities."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — ICE is using two facial recognition programs in Minnesota, they said, including one made by the tech company Clearview AI and a newer program, Mobile Fortify. The agency is also using cellphone and social media tools to monitor people's online activity and potentially hack into phones. And agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify realtime locations for individuals they are pursuing, the current and former officials said. "The technologies are being deployed, or appear to be deployed, in a much more aggressive way than we have seen in the past," said Nathan Freed Wessler, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued the Homeland Security Department over the immigration operation in Minneapolis. "The conglomeration of all these technologies together is giving the government unprecedented abilities." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

#ICE is rapidly expanding its use of #privacy -breeching tech after its "influx of cash" last July that increased its annual budget to ~ $28 billion from $8 billion.

#DHS "also spent nearly $10 million acquiring at least three social media monitoring tools & services that allow it to delve into people's cellphones..." 😳

#ICE is also actively seeking to advertising #data & buy big tech #data (e.g., phone identifiers, contacts). 🚨

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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@dalfen@mstdn.social replied · 4 days ago

Here is the link (but all screenshots are in the thread 🧵).
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are:

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said~

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

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https://www.nytimes.com

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

#ICE ~"is using two facial recognition programs in #Minnesota...including one made by the tech company Clearview AI & a newer program, Mobile Fortify."

It is also "using cellphone & social media tools to monitor people's online activity & potentially hack into phones." 👀

"Agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government & commercial data to identify (people's) realtime locations..."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

In April, the Homeland Security Department awarded Palantir a nearly $30 million contract to build a system backed by artificial intelligence that would help find and track individuals for deportation. Palantir was due to deliver a prototype by Sept. 25, according to public tenders issued by the agency. The agency has started using the system, two current Homeland Security officials said.
A person familiar with Palantir said the company works with ICE on a database that integrates different information to help agents identify only noncitizens.
In September, the Homeland Security Department also spent nearly $10 million acquiring at least three social media monitoring tools and services that allow it to delve into people's cellphones, according to procurement records and public contracts for the project.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — In April, the Homeland Security Department awarded Palantir a nearly $30 million contract to build a system backed by artificial intelligence that would help find and track individuals for deportation. Palantir was due to deliver a prototype by Sept. 25, according to public tenders issued by the agency. The agency has started using the system, two current Homeland Security officials said. A person familiar with Palantir said the company works with ICE on a database that integrates different information to help agents identify only noncitizens. In September, the Homeland Security Department also spent nearly $10 million acquiring at least three social media monitoring tools and services that allow it to delve into people's cellphones, according to procurement records and public contracts for the project. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

One of the tools, which was built by Paragon, an Israeli technology company, lets people take control of phones or remotely hack into them to read messages or track locations. The others were built by Penlink, a Nebraska-based software company.
They use social media data scraped from the web and information from data brokers to help build dossiers of anyone with a social media account.
Some details of these tools were reported earlier by 404 Media. Paragon and Penlink did not respond to requests for comment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — One of the tools, which was built by Paragon, an Israeli technology company, lets people take control of phones or remotely hack into them to read messages or track locations. The others were built by Penlink, a Nebraska-based software company. They use social media data scraped from the web and information from data brokers to help build dossiers of anyone with a social media account. Some details of these tools were reported earlier by 404 Media. Paragon and Penlink did not respond to requests for comment. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

ICE's use of facial recognition software was documented in videos and photos from local activist groups in Minnesota this month and reviewed by The Times. Two photos captured fatigue-clad agents using cellphones to scan the faces of protesters in Minneapolis, while in one video, agents could be heard telling people that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology and that their faces would be added to a database.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — ICE's use of facial recognition software was documented in videos and photos from local activist groups in Minnesota this month and reviewed by The Times. Two photos captured fatigue-clad agents using cellphones to scan the faces of protesters in Minneapolis, while in one video, agents could be heard telling people that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology and that their faces would be added to a database. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

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@dalfen@mstdn.social replied · 4 days ago

#ICE is rapidly expanding its use of #privacy -breeching tech after its "influx of cash" last July that increased its annual budget to ~ $28 billion from $8 billion.

#DHS "also spent nearly $10 million acquiring at least three social media monitoring tools & services that allow it to delve into people's cellphones..." 😳

#ICE is also actively seeking to advertising #data & buy big tech #data (e.g., phone identifiers, contacts). 🚨

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

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@dalfen@mstdn.social replied · 4 days ago

#ICE ~"is using two facial recognition programs in #Minnesota...including one made by the tech company Clearview AI & a newer program, Mobile Fortify."

It is also "using cellphone & social media tools to monitor people's online activity & potentially hack into phones." 👀

"Agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government & commercial data to identify (people's) realtime locations..."

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

The irony of this photo — A border patrol 'agent' hiding behind a face covering & hat while scanning a commuter's face on the road.

I am taking the time to post this entire article to highlight how #DHS / #ICE uses emerging, #privacy -breeching tech to identify & target regular people– potentially undocumented individuals AND #US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment right to express their grievances about such behavior as they observe & record it.

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Image: A Border Patrol Agent (face and hair totally covered) scanning the face of a driver in Minneapolis this month. Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu, via Getty Images

c/o:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — Image: A Border Patrol Agent (face and hair totally covered) scanning the face of a driver in Minneapolis this month. Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu, via Getty Images c/o: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

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@dalfen@mstdn.social replied · 4 days ago

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Kim Perales

@KimPerales@toad.social · 4 days ago

“To those who continue to make these sickening decisions,🚨go home, look in a mirror, & ask yourselves why you have gassed children.”

"The disproportionate fed response to the peaceful #protest prompted widespread condemnation from Portland ldrs. Affected group: incl children & elderly ppl.

" #AbolishICE, #DHS, &🚨we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibitting #TearGas.
-City Councilor M Greene

#PoliceState #Nazis #1A #Protest #USPol
https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/02/01/48289870/portland-officials-condemn-ice-after-federal-agents-tear-gas-peaceful-protesters-and-children

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Portland Officials Condemn ICE After Federal Agents Tear Gas Peaceful Protesters and Children

Thousands of local union members and supporters gathered in Portland’s South Waterfront Saturday afternoon for an anti-ICE demonstration hosted by Oregon labor leaders. The family-friendly event turned chaotic after federal agents met the peaceful crowd with repeated rounds of tear gas as they marched outside Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. The disproportionate federal response to the peaceful protest prompted widespread condemnation from Portland leaders, including Mayor Keith Wilson, who called on ICE agents...

Kim Perales

@KimPerales@toad.social · 4 days ago

“To those who continue to make these sickening decisions,🚨go home, look in a mirror, & ask yourselves why you have gassed children.”

"The disproportionate fed response to the peaceful #protest prompted widespread condemnation from Portland ldrs. Affected group: incl children & elderly ppl.

" #AbolishICE, #DHS, &🚨we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibitting #TearGas.
-City Councilor M Greene

#PoliceState #Nazis #1A #Protest #USPol
https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/02/01/48289870/portland-officials-condemn-ice-after-federal-agents-tear-gas-peaceful-protesters-and-children

Portland Mercury

Portland Officials Condemn ICE After Federal Agents Tear Gas Peaceful Protesters and Children

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@KimPerales@toad.social · last month

A travesty:🚨"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board has voted to dissolve the organization.

CPB board members said the combination of🚨Trump/GOPers stripping its federal funding + sustained political attacks “made it impossible” for it to continue operating."

Let's work to reestablish #PBS as soon as we take back the House. Support💙Dems!

#ETTD #TrumpRegime #Republicans #PBS #FreePress #FreeSpeech #1A #Uprising #Protest #USPol
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-trump-maduro_n_695bb603e4b0d6beb5fd9469/liveblog_695c153ce4b0d6beb5fe025f

Press release regarding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's (CPB) decision to dissolve after 58 years, following the loss of federal funding. It includes statements from CPB leadership about the impact on public media, educational programming, and community engagement, emphasizing:

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@JoBlakely@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

More info on ICE tear-gassing protesters in Portland, (union members with families, kids, elderly) from Parkrose Permaculture who was there.

https://youtu.be/wKk07GxSecQ

More unions need to level up their actions for their members. Stop protecting the investments in the corrupt system. Use them.
This could end if they did.

#Ice #1A #humanrights #protest #usa #portland #justice

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@JoBlakely@mastodon.social · 7 days ago

Don Lemon has been released.

https://www.youtube.com/live/_wBVNqrptFQ

#Journalism #justice #1A #usa #DOJ #DonLemon

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Steve Thompson PhD

@SteveThompson@mastodon.social · 7 days ago

Don Lemon’s Arrest Escalates DOJ Crackdown on Black Journalists and Activists – Mother Jones

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/don-lemons-arrest-escalates-doj-crackdown-on-black-journalists-and-activists/

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #racism #DonLemon #DOJ #1A #journalism #press

Mother Jones

Don Lemon’s Arrest Escalates DOJ Crackdown on Black Journalists and Activists

The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK.

Steve Thompson PhD

@SteveThompson@mastodon.social · 7 days ago

Don Lemon’s Arrest Escalates DOJ Crackdown on Black Journalists and Activists – Mother Jones

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/don-lemons-arrest-escalates-doj-crackdown-on-black-journalists-and-activists/

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #racism #DonLemon #DOJ #1A #journalism #press

Mother Jones

Don Lemon’s Arrest Escalates DOJ Crackdown on Black Journalists and Activists

The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · last week

But the magistrate judge who reviewed the evidence approved charges against only three of the people, rejecting the evidence against #DonLemon & the others as insufficient. The #DOJ then petitioned a federal appeals court to force the judge to issue the additional warrants, only to be DENIED.

#law #democracy #FreePress #FirstAmendment #Trump #autocracy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · last week

… #DonLemon is scheduled to appear in federal court in LA Friday. Now that he has been arrested, he is likely to challenge the case by arguing that he was not protesting, but rather covering the event as a #journalist.

“Once the protest started in the church, we did an act of journalism, which was report on it & talk to the people involved, including the pastor, members of the church & members of the organization,” Lemon said in a video. “That’s it. That’s called #journalism.”

#law #Trump #1A