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AJC subpoenaed as part of criminal investigation into 2020 presidential election

Incident Details

Updated On: July 14, 2022
Date of Incident: July 2022
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Carried out

Unprecedented criminal complaint filed for violations of the Georgia Open Records Act

Incident Details

Updated On: December 19, 2019
Date of Incident: February 11, 2019
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News

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CNN producer detained in Atlanta airport

Incident Details

Updated On: August 11, 2017
Date of Incident: January 29, 2017
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 1:17-cv-00353
Targets: Mohammed Tawfeeq (CNN)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Stopped at border? →: Yes
Target Nationality →: Iraq
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. permanent resident (green card)
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

Man arrested after threatening to kill CNN staffers

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 22, 2018
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: CNN

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Georgia woman charged with kidnapping after hijacking news van with reporter inside

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 14, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Iyani Hughes (WGCL-TV CBS46)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Equipment Broken →: Vehicle, 1

Rock thrown through window of WSB-TV news vehicle during Atlanta protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News

Equipment Broken →: Vehicle, 1

Freelance journalist detained while covering protests for The Washington Post in Atlanta

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Haisten Willis (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Atlanta photographer detained, released after intervention by other journalists

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Alyssa Pointer (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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