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Puerto Rico Department of Justice executes search warrant against three student media outlets

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 5, 2017
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Centro de Comunicación Estudiantil, Pulso Estudiantil, UPR Dialogue

Third Party in Possession of Communications →: Facebook
Third Party Business →: Other
Legal Order Type →: Warrant

San Francisco police seize multiple phone records of independent journalist Bryan Carmody

Incident Details

Updated On: May 26, 2020
Date of Incident: March 1, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Bryan Carmody

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

Incident Details

Updated On: May 26, 2020
Date of Incident: May 10, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Bryan Carmody

Equipment Seized →: Mobile phone, 1

Laptop, 1

USB flash drive, 1

Camera, 2

Notebook, 1

CD, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Status of Charges →: Not charged
Arresting Authority →: San Francisco Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal Order Type →: Warrant

Liberty University obtains trespassing warrants against two journalists

Incident Details

Updated On: May 15, 2020
Date of Incident: April 6, 2020
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Targets: Julia Rendleman (The New York Times)

Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Liberty University Police Department
Dropped Charges →: Trespassing
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Project Veritas founder detained, phones seized amid FBI raid of his home

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 6, 2021
Location: Mamaroneck, New York
Targets: James O'Keefe (Project Veritas)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Status of Charges →: Not charged
Arresting Authority →: FBI
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Mobile phone, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Legal Order Type →: Warrant

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 (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 →: Camera lens, 1

Memory card, 2

Camera, 1

Tripod, 1

Mobile phone, 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

Legal Order Type →: Warrant

Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: March 11, 2022
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges pending
Arresting Authority →: Asheville Police Department
Current Charges →: Trespassing
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Mobile phone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Legal Order Type →: Warrant

Search warrant issued for North Dakota reporter’s phone records amid police investigation

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 4, 2022
Location: Williston, North Dakota
Targets: Tom Simon (Williston Trending Topics News Radio Live & Coyote Radio 98.5)

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Dropped
Third Party in Possession of Communications →: Verizon Wireless
Third Party Business →: Telecom company
Legal Order Type →: Warrant