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Journalist handcuffed, removed from North Carolina courtroom after requesting press access to a hearing

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 8, 2020
Location: Graham, North Carolina
Targets: Tom Boney Jr. (The Alamance News)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judge Fred Wilkins

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

Judge bars Pennsylvania reporters from court proceeding

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 9, 2020
Location: York, Pennsylvania
Targets: Dylan Segelbaum (York Daily Record/Sunday News), Logan Hullinger (York Dispatch)

Government agency or public official involved →: District Judge Linda Williams

New York Times barred from press briefing call on warrantless surveillance ruling

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 4, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The New York Times

Government agency or public official involved →: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Reporters excluded from Maine CDC media briefings after being labeled ‘advocacy journalists’

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Portland, Maine
Targets: Katherine Revello (The Maine Wire), Evan Popp (Maine Beacon)

Government agency or public official involved →: Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

New Mexico reporter files suit against sheriff alleging retaliation, intimidation

Incident Details

Updated On: May 4, 2022
Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Española, New Mexico
Case number: 1:21-cv-00591
Targets: Tabitha Clay (Rio Grande Sun)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Rio Arriba Sheriff & Sheriff’s Office

MLK50 journalist files lawsuit to regain access to Memphis mayor’s media list

Incident Details

Updated On: April 30, 2021
Date of Incident: May 13, 2020
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Case number: 2:20-cv-02343
Targets: Wendi C. Thomas (MLK50)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Mayor Jim Strickland

Knoxville News Sentinel says reporter barred from coronavirus Zoom press briefing in apparent retaliation

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 8, 2020
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Targets: Vincent Gabrielle (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Government agency or public official involved →: County Communications Director Mike Donila

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