Puerto Rico Department of Justice executes search warrant against three student media outlets #student journalism Show More Incident Details Date of Incident May 5, 2017 Location San Juan, Puerto Rico Targets Centro de Comunicación Estudiantil, Pulso Estudiantil, UPR Dialogue Subpoena/Legal Order Third Party in Possession of Communications → Facebook Third Party Business → Other Legal Order Type → Warrant
Documentary journalist Nora Donaghy subpoenaed to testify before grand jury Show More Incident Details Updated On February 6, 2018 Date of Incident January 18, 2018 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Nora Donaghy (eOne) Subpoena/Legal Order Subpoena Type → Other testimony Subpoena Status → Unknown Legal Order Type → Warrant Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Cellphone, 1 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement
San Francisco police seize multiple phone records of independent journalist Bryan Carmody Show More Incident Details Updated On May 26, 2020 Date of Incident March 1, 2019 Location San Francisco, California Targets Bryan Carmody Subpoena/Legal Order Third Party in Possession of Communications → Verizon, AT&T Third Party Business → Telecom company Legal Order Type → Warrant
San Francisco police use search warrant to raid home, office of independent journalist Show More Incident Details Updated On May 26, 2020 Date of Incident May 10, 2019 Location San Francisco, California Targets Bryan Carmody Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Cellphone, 1 Camera, 2 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Detained and released without being processed Arresting Authority → San Francisco Police Department Unnecessary use of force? → No Subpoena/Legal Order Legal Order Type → Warrant
Liberty University obtains trespassing warrants against two journalists #coronavirus Show More Incident Details Updated On May 15, 2020 Date of Incident April 6, 2020 Location Lynchburg, Virginia Targets Julia Rendleman (The New York Times) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Charged without arrest Arresting Authority → Liberty University Police Department Charges → Trespassing Apr. 6, 2020: Charges pending May. 15, 2020: Charges dropped Unnecessary use of force? → No Subpoena/Legal Order Legal Order Type → Warrant
Liberty University obtains trespassing warrant against ProPublica reporter #coronavirus Show More Incident Details Updated On May 15, 2020 Date of Incident April 6, 2020 Location Lynchburg, Virginia Targets Alec MacGillis (ProPublica) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Charged without arrest Arresting Authority → Liberty University Police Department Charges → Trespassing Apr. 6, 2020: Charges pending May. 15, 2020: Charges dropped Unnecessary use of force? → No Subpoena/Legal Order Legal Order Type → Warrant
Project Veritas founder detained, phones seized amid FBI raid of his home #Department of Justice Show More Incident Details Date of Incident November 6, 2021 Location Mamaroneck, New York Targets James O'Keefe (Project Veritas) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Detained and released without being processed Arresting Authority → FBI Unnecessary use of force? → No Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Cellphone, 2 Status of Seized Equipment → In custody Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement Subpoena/Legal Order Legal Order Type → Warrant
Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized while documenting homeless encampment #encampment Show More 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 (Freelance) Case Status Ongoing Type of case Civil Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Arresting Authority → Sausalito Police Department Charges → Assault: battery on a police officer Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped Assault: battery on a police officer with injury Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped Obstruction: resisting an executive officer Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped Detention Date → November 30, 2021 Release Date → December 1, 2021 Unnecessary use of force? → No Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Yes Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Camera, 1 Camera equipment, 1 Camera lens, 1 External battery, 1 Cellphone, 1 Recording equipment, 3 Storage device, 2 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement Subpoena/Legal Order Legal Order Type → Warrant