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IndyStar reporter subpoenaed, testifies in high-profile abortion case

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 17, 2023
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Targets: Shari Rudavsky (The Indianapolis Star)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May. 17, 2023: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalist sues Indiana attorney general over exclusion from press conferences

Incident Details

Updated On: March 28, 2022
Date of Incident: October 14, 2020
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Case number: 1:22-cv-00268
Targets: Abdul-Hakim Shabazz (IndyPolitics.org)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita

Window of Indianapolis Star newsroom shattered during protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Targets: The Indianapolis Star

Equipment Broken →: Building, 1

Indianapolis Star journalist pepper sprayed, threatened, shot with projectile

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Targets: Kelly Wilkinson (The Indianapolis Star)

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

Indiana governor sends cease-and-desist letters to news outlets following investigative report

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 29, 2019
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Targets: Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, The Indianapolis Star

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