Those of you who watched the Joint Hearing of the House Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee know that the hearing itself was disrupted several times, both by technical issues and by protesters in the room. You may not have been aware that there was a ruckus in the hallway outside the hearing as well.

This video shows U.S. Capitol Police speaking with Hip Hop Caucus President Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr. on Monday after they have pulled him out of the line to get into the hearing room. Yearwood asks why he was singled out, and the police tell him that he wasn’t in line. After a few minutes of argument, the police tell Yearwood that he was under arrest. Yearwood says, “No, I’m not being arrested,” appears to resist the police, and is tackled to the ground outside the hearing room in the Cannon House Office Building.

People in line for the hearing start yelling, “take it easy,” and “he’s a minister,” as the police handcuff Yearwood. Chants of “Arrest Bush, Not Rev.” rise from bystanders as Capitol police clear the area around Yearwood, who appears unable to get up from the floor because of a hurt ankle. According to a press release from Hip Hop Caucus, Yearwood was taken to George Washington Hospital, where he was treated for a broken leg. He has been released, and is being charged with disorderly conduct and assault of a police officer. Yearwood claims he was prevented from entering the hearing room because he was wearing a button that said “I love the the people of Iraq.” The Post has a report on the arrest, but here’s the video so you can see what went on. What do you think? Overzealous police, or disorderly conduct?