The Lemon indictment is what equal justice looks like

Disgraced former-CNN anchor Don Lemon said he “will not be silenced” after a Minnesota grand jury indicted him for violating the First Amendment rights of worshipers in St. Paul last week. Naturally, no one is trying to silence the man, as much as any reasonable person would love it if he shut up. What the Justice Department is doing is applying federal law equally to Lemon as to others, which includes recognizing when journalists cross the line from speech into conduct.

According to the indictment, Lemon and some 20 co-conspirators gathered in a shopping center parking lot to plan “Operation Pullup” on the morning of Jan. 18. Lemon began livestreaming his activities in the parking lot, showing viewers that he was about to take part in