Evan Lambert, a journalist for NewsNation, filed a lawsuit on Monday against local government entities and several law enforcement officials in Ohio stemming from his unlawful arrest earlier this year while covering a press conference about the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio.
Lambert, represented by attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the First Amendment Clinic at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, alleges that Columbiana County, the city of East Palestine, and five law enforcement officials violated his rights under the U.S. Constitution and Ohio law.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, argues that those violations were the product of inadequate policies, inadequate training, and the personal participation of key policymaking officials in the decision to arrest and charge Lambert for his newsgathering.
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