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Filmmaker forced to unlock phone at U.S.-Canada border crossing

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Date of Incident: January 1, 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? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Unknown

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

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

Incident Details

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

Police and private security prevent journalists from covering protests at JFK airport

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 28, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Charlotte Alter (TIME Magazine)

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DNAinfo reporter Noah Hurowitz accosted by 'Proud Boy' at NYU protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 2, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Noah Hurowitz (DNAinfo)

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

Equipment Broken →: Press identification, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Gothamist reporter Jake Offenhartz attacked by 'Proud Boy' protester

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 2, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Jake Offenhartz (Gothamist)

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

Morning Joe hosts claim that administration officials tried to use Enquirer story as leverage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Joe Scarborough (MSNBC), Mika Brzezinski (MSNBC)

Chilling Statement

Courthouse security officer handcuffs Syracuse court reporter, seizes his phone

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 14, 2017
Location: Syracuse, New York
Targets: Douglass Dowty (Syracuse Post-Standard)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Onondaga County Courthouse Security
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Fox News host soaked with water at Brooklyn bar

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 24, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Katherine Timpf (Fox News)

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

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