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Filmmaker restrained, phone seized at U.S.-Canada border crossing

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Date of Incident: January 4, 2017
Location: Lewiston, New York
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Akram Shibly (Independent)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: Lewiston-Queenston Bridge
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Unknown

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

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Florida cameraman nearly run over by man upset with reporting

Incident Details

Updated On: May 11, 2017
Date of Incident: January 5, 2017
Location: Cape Coral, Florida
Targets: Channing Frampton (WINK-TV)

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

Florida TV correspondent nearly run over by man upset with her reporting

Incident Details

Updated On: May 11, 2017
Date of Incident: January 5, 2017
Location: Cape Coral, Florida
Targets: Nicole Valdes (WINK-TV)

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

Independent journalist Jon Ziegler injured by rubber bullet at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 18, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Jon Ziegler (Independent)

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

Vocativ journalist charged with rioting in Washington, D.C.

Incident Details

Updated On: September 17, 2021
Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Evan Engel (Vocativ)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Jan. 21, 2017: Charges pending

Jan. 27, 2017: Charges dropped
Release Date →: January 21, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Washington Post reporter thrown to ground by police at Inauguration protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Dalton Bennett (The Washington Post)

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

WJLA photographer injured during Trump Inauguration protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Vanessa Koolhof (WJLA-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Shay Horse arrested at Trump inauguration protest

Incident Details

Updated On: April 26, 2021
Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:17-cv-01216
Targets: Shay Horse (Freelance)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Jan. 21, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 1, 2017: Charges dropped
Release Date →: January 21, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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