“From their standpoint, he didn’t obey orders when he was told to stop talking,” Swigart said, according to NewsNation. Preston Swigart, the photographer who was with Lambert, said that police had told him to stop talking as he did his live shot. He was then taken into custody on charges of disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, according to the network.Īt the press conference, DeWine said that he had not authorized the arrest, which NewsNation captured on video. PREVIOUSLY: A reporter for NewsNation was arrested on Wednesday as he was covering a press conference being given by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine about the train derailment in East Palestine.Įvan Lambert, who is based in Washington, had traveled to Ohio to cover the story and was doing a live report during the press conference, being held in a high school gymnasium, when he was told by local law enforcement to be quiet as DeWine was speaking. Lambert immediately and issue a public apology for his arrest.” “Journalism is not a crime and we urge East Palestine PD to drop all charges against Mr.
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The Society of Professional Journalists also condemned the arrest. In this country, we have constitutional protections that guarantee press freedom, and yet, we repeatedly see law enforcement disregarding these protections.” It’s unreasonable for law enforcement to prohibit press from reporting at PRESS conference by public officials. On a positive front, I just spoke to Evan a short time ago and he was calm, cool and collected and already talking about his next assignment.”īruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said that Lambert’s arrest “is yet another deeply concerning instance of law enforcement violating the First Amendment rights of journalists. Mike Viqueira, NewsNation’s Washington bureau chief, said in a statement, “Evan handled this unfortunate situation with true professionalism, and we appreciate his commitment as a journalist whose goal is to report stories that are fair and unbiased. Video footage of the incident showed Lambert face down on the ground as officers tied his hands. But for me to say, ‘I know what happened,’ would simply not be the truth.”
He added, “I don’t want to see him in jail. “What I don’t know are all the facts and it is not fair for me, to the police or the reporter involved or to anyone else who was involved to comment on that, because I have not seen the facts.” “I think we would like to see this whole thing go away,” DeWine said. NewsNation said the charges were criminal trespass and disorderly conduct, and Lambert said that the charges were still pending.ĭeWine told NewsNation on Thursday that he expressed to officials that he thought that Lambert should be released. DeWine said that he did not order the arrest and that Lambert should not have been stopped from doing the report.Ĭolumbiana County Sheriff Brian McLaughlin told CNN that Lambert was arrested on charges of criminal trespass and resisting arrest. Lambert was doing a report in the back of the gymnasium, but was arrested after he was told by local law enforcement to be quiet as DeWine was speaking at the press conference, according to NewsNation. Lambert had been covering the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. “At the same time, as a journalist who has spent more than a decade covering crime, courts and more recently federal law enforcement, I have great respect for the officers who do their jobs each day with integrity, civil rights, justice and safety at the core of their mission.” Lambert posted a statement on Twitter in which he wrote, “I’m still processing what was a traumatic event for me, in the context of a time where we are hyper aware of how frequently some police interactions with people of color can end in much worse circumstances. Video footage showed police putting hand restraints on Lambert as he was pinned to the ground. Then, officers threatened to arrest Lambert if he did not leave.
At one point, Harris pushed Lambert away. Body cam footage showed Ohio National Guard Adjutant General John Harris getting in an argument, as authorities said that Lambert had been too loud. Lambert had been doing a live shot in the back of a gymnasium, where Ohio Governor Mike DeWine was giving a press conference on a train derailment.
Lambert was charged with resisting arrest and criminal trespass, both misdemeanors. New Orleans Saints Tight End Jimmy Graham Found Wandering And Disoriented By Police
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