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Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: May 3, 2023
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade)

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

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

Apr. 19, 2023: Convicted

Apr. 19, 2023: Pending appeal
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
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

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Journalist arrested while covering North Carolina homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: May 3, 2023
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Veronica Coit (The Asheville Blade)

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

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

Apr. 19, 2023: Convicted

Apr. 19, 2023: Pending appeal
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Daily Mail photographer arrested while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated On: October 20, 2022
Date of Incident: August 7, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Michael Arellano (Daily Mail)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Trespassing

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Veteran reporter arrested, strip-searched in Minnesota while covering anti-pipeline protest

Incident Details

Updated On: July 13, 2021
Date of Incident: June 7, 2021
Location: Hubbard County, Minnesota
Targets: Alan Weisman (Los Angeles Times)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office
Charges →: Trespassing

Jun. 7, 2021: Charges pending

Jul. 13, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Liberty University obtains trespassing warrant against ProPublica reporter

Incident Details

Updated On: May 15, 2020
Date of Incident: April 6, 2020
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Targets: Alec MacGillis (ProPublica)

Arrest Status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting Authority →: Liberty University Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Apr. 6, 2020: Charges pending

May. 15, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Apr. 6, 2020: Pending

May. 15, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Liberty University obtains trespassing warrants against two journalists

Incident Details

Updated On: May 15, 2020
Date of Incident: April 6, 2020
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Targets: Julia Rendleman (The New York Times)

Arrest Status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting Authority →: Liberty University Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Apr. 6, 2020: Charges pending

May. 15, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Apr. 6, 2020: Pending

May. 15, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Independent journalist cited for trespassing in Florida city hall

Incident Details

Updated On: December 2, 2019
Date of Incident: December 20, 2018
Location: Punta Gorda, Florida
Case number: 2:19-cv-00484
Targets: Andrew Sheets
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arresting Authority →: Punta Gorda Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 20, 2018: Convicted

Jul. 12, 2019: Pending appeal

Dec. 2, 2019: Convicted
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Photojournalist Nebyou Solomon arrested at Trump rally

Incident Details

Updated On: April 17, 2019
Date of Incident: April 15, 2017
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Case number: 2:19-cv-00652
Targets: Nebyou Solomon (8 News Now)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: obstruction of a police officer

Apr. 15, 2017: Charges pending

Apr. 17, 2019: Charges dropped

Trespassing

Apr. 15, 2017: Charges pending

Apr. 17, 2019: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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