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Q&A: Exploring the implications of arresting journalists covering anti-ICE protests
By Kristin Chermont Spina
February 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM EST
Journalist Don Lemon was arrested in Los Angeles over the weekend nearly two weeks after covering an anti-ICE protest in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested.
Critics of these arrests are calling them an attack on the First Amendment freedom of the press.
To learn more about what we can take away from this, WUFT spoke with David Cuillier, director of the Brechner Center Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida.
Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested.
Critics of these arrests are calling them an attack on the First Amendment freedom of the press.
To learn more about what we can take away from this, WUFT spoke with David Cuillier, director of the Brechner Center Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida.