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Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

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Updated On: February 19, 2025
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Case number: 1:24-cv-00307
Targets: Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 19, 2023: Convicted

April 19, 2023: Pending appeal

June 16, 2023: Convicted

March 22, 2024: Pending appeal

Feb. 19, 2025: Convicted
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalist arrested while covering North Carolina homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: February 19, 2025
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Case number: 1:24-cv-00307
Targets: Veronica Coit (The Asheville Blade)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 19, 2023: Convicted

April 19, 2023: Pending appeal

June 16, 2023: Convicted

March 22, 2024: Pending appeal

Feb. 19, 2025: Convicted
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Texas journalist files suit following arrest, equipment seizure

Incident Details

Updated On: May 15, 2024
Date of Incident: December 21, 2021
Location: Damon, Texas
Case number: 4:22-cv-04210
Targets: Justin Pulliam (Independent)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office
Charges →: Obstruction: interference with public duties

May 16, 2022: Charges pending

May 15, 2024: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 2

Cellphone, 1

External battery, 1

Miscellaneous equipment, 3

Recording equipment, 1

Storage device, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in part
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 14, 2022: Pending

Jan. 14, 2022: Carried out

warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 14, 2022: Pending

Jan. 14, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized while documenting homeless encampment

Incident Details

Updated On: July 23, 2024
Date of Incident: November 30, 2021
Location: Sausalito, California
Case number: 3:22-cv-01029
Targets: Jeremy Portje (Freelance)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Sausalito Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting an executive officer

Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending

Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped

Assault: battery on a police officer

Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending

Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped

Assault: battery on a police officer with injury

Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending

Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: November 30, 2021
Release Date →: December 1, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Camera lens, 1

Storage device, 2

Camera equipment, 1

Recording equipment, 3

Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

External battery, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Dec. 9, 2021: Pending

Dec. 21, 2021: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Project Veritas founder detained, phones seized amid FBI raid of his home

Incident Details

Updated On: December 21, 2023
Date of Incident: November 6, 2021
Location: Mamaroneck, New York
Case number: 1:21-mc-00813
Targets: James O'Keefe (Project Veritas)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Nov. 5, 2021: Pending

Nov. 6, 2021: Carried out

Nov. 12, 2021: Objected to

March 21, 2023: Upheld

May 2, 2023: Objected to

Dec. 21, 2023: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Former Project Veritas journalist detained, devices seized

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 4, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Spencer Meads (Project Veritas)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 13

Computer, 2

Storage device, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Nov. 3, 2021: Pending

Nov. 4, 2021: Carried out

Nov. 17, 2021: Objected to

March 21, 2023: Upheld

May 2, 2023: Objected to

Dec. 21, 2023: Upheld

Jan. 22, 2024: Objected to

July 23, 2024: Upheld

warrant for communications or work product

Nov. 3, 2021: Pending

Nov. 4, 2021: Carried out

Nov. 17, 2021: Objected to

March 21, 2023: Upheld

May 2, 2023: Objected to

Dec. 21, 2023: Upheld

Jan. 22, 2024: Objected to

July 23, 2024: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Former Project Veritas staffer detained, devices seized

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 4, 2021
Location: Mamaroneck, New York
Targets: Eric Cochran (Project Veritas)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 2

Computer, 3

Miscellaneous equipment, 4

Storage device, 22
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Nov. 3, 2021: Pending

Nov. 4, 2021: Carried out

Nov. 17, 2021: Objected to

March 21, 2023: Upheld

May 2, 2023: Objected to

Dec. 21, 2023: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Border Report correspondent detained photographing outside Texas Air Force base

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 19, 2021
Location: Del Rio, Texas
Targets: Sandra Sanchez (Border Report)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Laughlin Air Force Base military police
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Equipment Broken →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

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Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

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Journalist arrested while covering North Carolina homeless camp eviction

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Texas journalist files suit following arrest, equipment seizure

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Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized while documenting homeless encampment

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Project Veritas founder detained, phones seized amid FBI raid of his home

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Former Project Veritas journalist detained, devices seized

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Former Project Veritas staffer detained, devices seized

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Border Report correspondent detained photographing outside Texas Air Force base

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