He invoked a freedom song from the civil rights movement, “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’Round,” to criticize the Trump administration officials who had pursued his arrest, charging in an indictment that he had helped organize the protest and had threatened churchgoers who were exercising their rights.

“They don’t want the truth because they don’t want us to be free,” he said.

“And I’m not going to let them turn me around.

Lemon, who has been critical of President Trump and his administration, and a local reporter, Georgia Fort, were among nine people indicted on charges stemming from a Jan. 18 protest that interrupted services at a church in St.

The state has become the center of resistance to Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Two federal judges in Minnesota had refused to sign a warrant for Mr. Lemon’s arrest because of lack of evidence, but a grand jury returned an indictment on Jan.

The charges accused Mr.

Lemon of threatening people trying to exercise their religion in a place of worship.

Federal agents arrested him within hours in Los Angeles, where he had gone to cover the Grammy Awards.

He is due back in court on Monday.

If convicted, he faces a sentence of up to one year in prison.

On Tuesday night, attendees were filing into the venue for his talk.

Colette Hebert, 41, a schoolteacher who lives in Westchester County, said she had come to show support for Mr.

Lemon after his arrest, which she found disturbing.

“All he was doing was saying what’s happening, and he got arrested,” she said.

“So how should people feel safe when the news is being censored?”

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