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Chicago TV reporter attacked while livestreaming

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 6, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified reporter 6 (Univision Chicago)

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

Videographer assaulted at NY migrant housing protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 5, 2023
Location: Staten Island, New York
Targets: Lukasz Matyja (Freelance)

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

Univision reporter, photographer robbed at gunpoint in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 28, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified reporter 5 (Univision Chicago)

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

Univision photographer, reporter robbed at gunpoint in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 28, 2023
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 31 (Univision Chicago)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Florida broadcast photographer assaulted outside of jail

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 17, 2023
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 29 (WPLG Local 10)

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

Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid

Incident Details

Updated On: August 30, 2023
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Targets: Deb Gruver (Marion County Record), Phyllis Zorn (Marion County Record), Marion County Record

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 2

Computer, 4

Storage device, 1

Work product, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Kansas newspaper editor’s home raided by local law enforcement

Incident Details

Updated On: August 30, 2023
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Targets: Eric Meyer (Marion County Record), Joan Meyer (Marion County Record)

Equipment Seized →: Storage device, 1

Work product, 1

Cellphone, 1

Computer, 3
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Kansas reporter injured during police raid of newsroom

Incident Details

Updated On: August 30, 2023
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 6:23-CV-01179
Targets: Deb Gruver (Marion County Record)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

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