And Don Lemon's still running around free.

Do you think you'd still be free if you did what he did last Sunday?
Do you have that sneaky feeling you wouldn't have been free by Monday night if you did what he did last Sunday?
And probably arraigned by now? With large - if any - bail?

Oh, that poor misunderstood gay black man that everyone picks on.
Suffering from all the white privilege he's surrounded by.
Doesn't your heart just break thinking of how much he's been put upon?

No one's above the law - so they say - but it sure seems a bunch of people are outside it.

Update: Hm-m-m ... maybe. He's not big potatoes but he does have name recognition.

The Trump Justice Department charged Don Lemon and 7 others for storming Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
However, the magistrate judge rejected the charges against Don Lemon.

A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday, multiple sources familiar with the proceedings told CBS News. Lemon admitted he was embedded with BLM activist Nekima Armstrong and the group of rabid protestors.

Interesting:
The magistrate in Minnesota who refused to sign off on an arrest warrant for Don Lemon is Douglas L. Micko and that his wife works as an Assistant Attorney General in Minnesota AG Keith Ellison’s office.

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Out in the Oregon wastelands between OR205 and US395 are the remnants of hardier people than of now that made a go of survival. Perhaps in their time, they were successful - this ruin certainly does not appear to have been a barely-hanging-on rancher's shack.

One wall - between the two parts of the house - looks to be stone; perhaps part of an original structure built as protection against Indians (1850s) or the harsh winds of winter. The shake shingles suggest construction before the advent of corrugated tin or asphalt roofing. The thickness of the window frame suggest thick walls. The portion to the left suggests a screen porch. The outhouse was on the other side of the tree - whose condition suggests plentiful water. The metal artifact low in the grass suggests 1920s.

The condition of the building and surrounding grounds suggests it might have been lived in as late as the 40s or 50s.

If I could remember where I was when I took this photo, I'd go back and see what has changed in the 20+ years since I was there last.

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