Tens of thousands sign petition to get Don Lemon fired

A petition calling for CNN anchor Don Lemon to be fired had already garnered 30,000 signatures on Friday.

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A petition calling for CNN anchor Don Lemon to be fired had already garnered 30,000 signatures on Friday.

The petition began to circulate not long after Lemon came under fire for suggesting that there was not enough information about school resource officer Ben Fields to determine whether or not he had used excessive force against a teenage student, despite the fact that video of the incident exists and shows Fields flipping over a desk and dragging the student across the floor.

“We, the people, want a journalist and an anchor that will not be afraid to accept the facts that are occurring within the African-American community and who will encourage our people the same way that person will encourage others across the board,” explains the Change.org petition. “We, the people, have no confidence in Mr. Lemon’s ability to do that. Therefore, we are asking CNN to remove him from his position.”

The petition has surprised few of Lemon’s coworkers, who are at this point used to the controversy surrounding him.

“Don Lemon is in trouble again? What else is new?” a CNN producer said. “The more he says outrageous things, the more people tune in – most people here are not surprised at anything that comes out of his mouth anymore.”

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