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Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized while documenting homeless encampment

Incident Details

Updated On: February 21, 2022
Date of Incident: November 30, 2021
Location: Sausalito, California
Case number: 3:22-cv-01029
Targets: Jeremy Portje for Freelance
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Sausalito police department
Dropped Charges →: Assault: battery on a police officer

Assault: battery on a police officer with injury

Obstruction: resisting an executive officer
Detention Date →: November 30, 2021
Release Date →: December 1, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Equipment Seized →: Memory card, 2

Camera, 1

Tripod, 1

Mobile phone, 1

Camera lens, 1

Battery pack, 1

Wireless receiver, 1

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

Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized outside Trump’s Tulsa rally

Incident Details

Updated On: January 8, 2021
Date of Incident: June 20, 2020
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Targets: Alan Pogue for Freelance

Equipment Seized →: Memory card, 2

Mobile phone, 1

Camera bag, 1

Bulletproof vest, 1

Camera, 2

Camera lens, 3
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Tulsa police department
Dropped Charges →: Obstruction: obstructing or interfering with an officer
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Photojournalist arrested covering Dallas protests, camera equipment seized

Incident Details

Updated On: July 1, 2020
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Christopher Rusanowsky for ZUMA Press

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Dallas police department
Dropped Charges →: Blocking traffic: obstructing a highway or passageway
Release Date →: May 31, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 4
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Photojournalist Michael Nigro arrested while covering protest in Missouri

Incident Details

Updated On: March 8, 2019
Date of Incident: June 11, 2018
Location: Jefferson City, Missouri
Targets: Michael Nigro for Truthdig

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Jefferson city police department
Current Charges →: Failure to obey
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Mobile phone, 1

Camera lens, 2

Notebook, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Freelance photographer Daniel Shular arrested in St. Louis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 3, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Daniel Shular for Freelance

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Unknown
Arresting Authority →: St. louis metropolitan police department
Current Charges →: Trespassing
Detention Date →: October 3, 2017
Release Date →: October 4, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 2

Camera lens, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Journalist Tracie Williams arrested at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated On: July 11, 2018
Date of Incident: February 23, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Tracie Williams

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Morton county sheriff's department
Dropped Charges →: Obstruction: physical obstruction of a government function
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Memory card, 1

Mobile phone, 1

Voice recorder, 1

Camera lens, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Journalist Tonita Cervantes arrested at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated On: April 27, 2018
Date of Incident: February 22, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Tonita Cervantes

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Morton county sheriff's department
Dropped Charges →: Obstruction: physical obstruction of a government function
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Mobile phone, 1

Camera, 1

Memory card, 1

Camera lens, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Journalist Alexei Wood arrested at Inauguration protest

Incident Details

Updated On: January 16, 2020
Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:20-cv-00130
Targets: Alexei Wood for Independent
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Acquitted
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan police department
Dropped Charges →: Destruction of property

Rioting

Rioting: conspiracy to riot

Rioting: inciting a riot
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: External microphone, 1

Mobile phone, 1

Camera, 1

Memory card, 4

Camera lens, 1

Monopod, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement