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First Amendment YouTuber shot while live-streaming security guard

March 14, 2019

Civil liberties and First Amendment YouTuber Zhoie Perez was shot on Feb. 14 while live-streaming outside of a synagogue and high school in Los Angeles.Perez, who goes by “Furry Potato” on YouTube, was filming a security guard and his gun outside of the Etz Jacob Congregation and Ohel Chana High School in the Fairfax neighborhood of Los Angeles while the guard repeatedly asked her why she was recording.Perez did not answer, but said on the livestream that the guard threatened …

Reporter hit in face, has phone stolen while interviewing voters in Los Angeles

April 10, 2019

On Jan. 26, reporter Tina-Desiree Berg was interviewing people outside of a regional meeting of the California Democratic Party when …

Judge orders LA Times not to publish descriptions of defendant in murder trial

January 18, 2019

On Oct. 10, 2018, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gustavo N. Sztraicher ordered The Los Angeles Times not to …

Los Angeles County judge orders reporters not to publish courtroom photographs

January 15, 2019

On Sept. 26, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gustavo N. Sztraicher ordered journalists not to publish images taken during …

Los Angeles times temporary restraining order

Judge orders Los Angeles Times to delete published article about plea deal

July 16, 2018

On July 17, the judge vacated the order, freeing the Times to write about the plea deal.

Suge Knight in court (facing away from camera)

Documentary journalist Nora Donaghy subpoenaed to testify before grand jury

February 2, 2018

After Donaghy interviewed rap mogul and accused murderer Suge Knight, police seized Donaghy’s phone and a grand jury subpoenaed her to testify.

Documentary journalist William Erb subpoenaed to testify before grand jury

February 2, 2018

A police investigator told Erb that he broke the law when he interviewed rap mogul and accused murderer Suge Knight in prison. Now a grand jury has subpoenaed him to testify about the interview.

Al Jazeera journalist stopped and questioned in Los Angeles airport

October 22, 2018

Ali Latifi, a journalist for Al Jazeera English, was flagged for secondary screening by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers when he flew to Los Angeles from Istanbul on May 27, 2017.Latifi is a dual Afghani and American citizen who has reported for the New York Times, the Telegram, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. He told the Committee to Protect Journalists that when he arrived in Los Angeles, he scanned his U.S. passport at the customs area …

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First Amendment YouTuber shot while live-streaming security guard

Reporter hit in face, has phone stolen while interviewing voters in Los Angeles

Judge orders LA Times not to publish descriptions of defendant in murder trial

Los Angeles County judge orders reporters not to publish courtroom photographs

Judge orders Los Angeles Times to delete published article about plea deal

Documentary journalist Nora Donaghy subpoenaed to testify before grand jury

Documentary journalist William Erb subpoenaed to testify before grand jury

Al Jazeera journalist stopped and questioned in Los Angeles airport

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