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Radio reporter’s phone seized by North Dakota police, later returned

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 10, 2022
Location: Williston, North Dakota
Targets: Tom Simon for Williston Trending Topics News Radio Live & Coyote Radio 98.5

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

Incident Details

Updated On: March 11, 2022
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Matilda Bliss for The Asheville Blade

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 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

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 for Freelance
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

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

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

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 6, 2021
Location: Mamaroneck, New York
Targets: James O'Keefe for Project Veritas

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Status of Charges →: Not charged
Arresting Authority →: Fbi
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Mobile phone, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Freelance journalist questioned about journalism at Portland airport

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 18, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Sergio Olmos for Freelance

Border Point →: Portland International Airport
Stopped at border? →: Yes
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Unknown
Asked to display social media? →: Unknown
Asked for social media passwords? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes
Were devices searched or seized? →: Unknown

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 for Border Report

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 Seized →: Camera, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Equipment Damage

Iowa judge seizes memory card from student photojournalist for violating court rules during murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 21, 2021
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 12 for The Daily Iowan

Equipment Seized →: Memory card, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Unknown
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Public figure

Univision journalist arrested, his phone seized while reporting in Arizona

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Gilbert, Arizona
Targets: León Felipe González Cortés for Univision Arizona

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 Seized →: Mobile phone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

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