VIDEO: Journalist Roughed Up And Removed From Georgia GOP Event

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Over the past week there's been something of a brouhaha surrounding a journalist being forcibly removed from a local Republican event in Georgia.

The journalist was Nydia Tisdale, who went to Burt's Farm in Dawsonville, Georgia, to record video of speeches by David Perdue, the state's GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, as well as Gov. Nathan Deal (R) and others. Tisdale runs the website AboutForsyth.com.

Tisdale captured most of the Aug. 23 confrontation on video, which she has since posted to YouTube.

In the video, Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens could be seen giving a speech when he criticized the debate performance of the state's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Michelle Nunn.

"I thought I was going to absolutely puke," Hudgens said, which sparked laughter from the crowd.

Hudgens could then be seen in the video directing his attention toward Tisdale.

"I don't know why you're videotaping," Hudgens said to the journalist.

About 10 minutes later in the video, a hand aggressively blocked Tisdale's camera. The footage showed her being pushed out of the building and into an adjacent one. It was unclear who pushed her, but at some point a Dawson County sheriff's official appeared in the video.

Tisdale asked the official if she could get her purse to give him her identification.

"Nope, you're going to jail," the officer said in the video.

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1. I watched the video... never does the man identify himself.

Clearly this guy is out of control. There needs to be an investigation into this incident.

We cannot let the Police manhandle the public in this manner.