Radio reporter’s phone seized by North Dakota police, later returned Show More Incident Details Date of Incident January 10, 2022 Location Williston, North Dakota Targets Tom Simon (Williston Trending Topics News Radio Live & Coyote Radio 98.5) Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Mobile phone, 1 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → No Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement
Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction #encampment Show More Incident Details Updated On March 11, 2022 Date of Incident December 25, 2021 Location Asheville, North Carolina Targets Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Status of Charges → Charges pending Arresting Authority → Asheville Police Department Current Charges → Trespassing Release Date → December 26, 2021 Unnecessary use of force? → No Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Mobile phone, 1 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement
Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized while documenting homeless encampment #encampment Show More Incident Details Updated On February 21, 2022 Date of Incident November 30, 2021 Location Sausalito, California Case number 3:22-cv-01029 Targets Jeremy Portje (Freelance) Case Status Ongoing Type of case Civil Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Status of Charges → Charges dropped Arresting Authority → Sausalito Police Department Dropped Charges → Assault: battery on a police officer Assault: battery on a police officer with injury Obstruction: resisting an executive officer Detention Date → November 30, 2021 Release Date → December 1, 2021 Unnecessary use of force? → No Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Yes Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Memory card, 2 Camera, 1 Tripod, 1 Mobile phone, 1 Camera lens, 1 Battery pack, 1 Wireless receiver, 1 Lavalier microphone, 2 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement
Project Veritas founder detained, phones seized amid FBI raid of his home Show More Incident Details Date of Incident November 6, 2021 Location Mamaroneck, New York Targets James O'Keefe (Project Veritas) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Detained and released without being processed Status of Charges → Not charged Arresting Authority → FBI Unnecessary use of force? → No Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Mobile phone, 2 Status of Seized Equipment → In custody Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement
Border Report correspondent detained photographing outside Texas Air Force base #military Show More Incident Details Date of Incident September 19, 2021 Location Del Rio, Texas Targets Sandra Sanchez (Border Report) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Detained and released without being processed Status of Charges → Not charged Arresting Authority → Laughlin Air Force Base military police Unnecessary use of force? → No Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Camera, 1 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → No Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement Equipment Damage
Univision journalist arrested, his phone seized while reporting in Arizona Show More Incident Details Date of Incident April 30, 2021 Location Gilbert, Arizona Targets León Felipe González Cortés (Univision Arizona) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Status of Charges → Charges pending Arresting Authority → Gilbert Police Department Current Charges → Obstruction: hindering, resisting, delaying, obstructing or preventing police officers Trespassing Unnecessary use of force? → No Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Mobile phone, 1 Status of Seized Equipment → In custody Search Warrant Obtained → No Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement
Social media journalist arrested, injured while covering Wisconsin protest #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 1 year #Black Lives Matter protest 2020 #court verdict #protest Show More Incident Details Updated On January 1, 2021 Date of Incident October 8, 2020 Location Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Targets Brendan Gutenschwager (Freelance) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Status of Charges → Charges dropped Arresting Authority → Wauwatosa Police Department Dropped Charges → Curfew violation: violation of mayor’s emergency order Release Date → October 9, 2020 Unnecessary use of force? → Yes Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → No Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Mobile phone, 1 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → No Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement
Freelance journalist arrested while covering Wauwatosa, Wisconsin protests #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 1 year #Black Lives Matter protest 2020 #court verdict #protest Show More Incident Details Updated On October 27, 2021 Date of Incident October 8, 2020 Location Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Targets Blair Nelson (Freelance) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Status of Charges → Charges dropped Arresting Authority → Wauwatosa Police Department Dropped Charges → Curfew violation: violation of mayor’s emergency order Detention Date → October 8, 2020 Release Date → October 9, 2020 Unnecessary use of force? → No Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Mobile phone, 1 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → No Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement