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SC reporter arrested, banned from tribal lands

Incident Details

Updated On: July 17, 2023
Date of Incident: January 14, 2023
Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Targets: Maggie Brown (The Post and Courier)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: York County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Jan. 14, 2023: Charges pending

Jul. 17, 2023: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: March 22, 2024
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

Apr. 19, 2023: Convicted

Apr. 19, 2023: Pending appeal

Jun. 16, 2023: Convicted

Mar. 22, 2024: Pending appeal
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalist arrested while covering North Carolina homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: March 22, 2024
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Veronica Coit (The Asheville Blade)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

Apr. 19, 2023: Convicted

Apr. 19, 2023: Pending appeal

Jun. 16, 2023: Convicted

Mar. 22, 2024: Pending appeal
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Veteran reporter arrested, strip-searched in Minnesota while covering anti-pipeline protest

Incident Details

Updated On: July 13, 2021
Date of Incident: June 7, 2021
Location: Hubbard County, Minnesota
Targets: Alan Weisman (Los Angeles Times)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office
Charges →: Trespassing

Jun. 7, 2021: Charges pending

Jul. 13, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Univision journalist arrested, his phone seized while reporting in Arizona

Incident Details

Updated On: November 22, 2022
Date of Incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Gilbert, Arizona
Targets: León Felipe González Cortés (KTVW-DT)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Gilbert Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: hindering, resisting, delaying, obstructing or preventing police officers

Apr. 30, 2021: Charges pending

Apr. 25, 2022: Convicted

Nov. 22, 2022: Charges dropped

Trespassing

Apr. 30, 2021: Charges pending

Apr. 25, 2022: Convicted

Nov. 22, 2022: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Daily Mail photographer arrested while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated On: October 20, 2022
Date of Incident: August 7, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Michael Arellano (Daily Mail)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Trespassing

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Independent journalist arrested, held for eight hours by Richmond police

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 26, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Madeleine “Molly” Conger (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Richmond Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Jul. 26, 2020: Charges pending

Sep. 1, 2020: Charges pending

Dec. 3, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: July 27, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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)

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

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Apr. 6, 2020: Pending

May. 15, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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