‘Do Not Touch Me’: BodyCam Shows Police Detaining Reporter Covering Derailment Of Train Carrying Toxic Chemicals

Body camera footage showed the moment authorities arrested NewsNation reporter Evan Lambert at a news conference in East Palestine, Ohio.
Police confronted Lambert for allegedly being too loud with his livestream at Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine‘s Wednesday press conference about a derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals, according to an East Palestine Police Department news release. The confrontation erupted when Lambert refused repeated demands to leave.
The footage showed authorities demanding that Lambert leave the gymnasium where the conference was being held. Maj. Gen. John Harris Jr. of the Ohio State Highway Patrol approached him and appeared to push him on the chest with one hand. A state trooper stepped between the two and moved Harris away from the journalist.