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A NewsNation reporter was thrown to the ground and arrested while delivering a broadcast from an Ohio press conference about a train derailment.
Correspondent Evan Lambert was seen in video being cuffed and carried away by authorities after he was told to stop the live broadcast he was giving at the back of a gymnasium Gov. Mike DeWine was speaking on the other side of.
When Lambert continued his broadcast, the officers began shoving him and corralled him out of the room before tackling him to the floor and handcuffing him.
Lambert was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing before being released from prison later Wednesday.
Governor DeWin later voiced his outrage over the incident and issued an apology to Lambert, saying he had 'every right' to be in the room reporting and that it was 'wrong' he was arrested.
NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert was arrested on Wednesday while delivering a live broadcast from a school in Ohio
Footage showed police officers approaching the journalist and pushing him to the floor
Lambert was broadcasting from East Palestine, Ohio, as Governor DeWin spoke about a train that had recently derailed there. There were no injuries in the accident, but there had been concerns about possible chemical contamination that had taken place in the area as a result of the accident.
While waiting for the press conference to begin, Lambert and his team began their broadcast, during which the governor took the stage and began giving his remarks.
Law enforcement told him to stop the broadcast so as not to interrupt the governor, but he finished his broadcast anyways. It is unclear whether or not he heard the officer's telling him to stop speaking.
A group of about four officers then approached Lambert and told him to leave. They then began to argue, and Lambert could be heard telling officers not to touch him, and that he had every right to be there under the First Amendment.
But the officers then began trying to move Lambert out of the gymnasium, with one appearing to shove the reporter.
After that, Lambert was suddenly thrown to the ground and handcuffed as people looked on and expressed their horror.
He was then led away to a sheriff's
