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Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid

Incident Details

Updated On
April 1, 2024
Date of Incident
August 11, 2023
Location
Marion, Kansas
Case number
2:24-cv-02122
Targets
Marion County Record
Case Status
Ongoing
Type of case
Civil
Equipment Seized →
Status of Seized Equipment →
Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →
Yes

Subpoena/Legal Order

Legal Orders →
Legal Order Target →
Institution
Legal Order Venue →
State

Kansas newspaper editor’s home raided by local law enforcement

Incident Details

Updated On
April 1, 2024
Date of Incident
August 11, 2023
Location
Marion, Kansas
Case number
2:24-cv-02122
Targets
Eric Meyer (Marion County Record), Joan Meyer (Marion County Record)
Case Status
Ongoing
Type of case
Civil
Equipment Seized →
Status of Seized Equipment →
Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →
Yes

Subpoena/Legal Order

Legal Orders →
Legal Order Target →
Journalist
Legal Order Venue →
State

Kansas reporter injured when cellphone seized during police raid of newsroom

Incident Details

Updated On
October 2, 2023
Date of Incident
August 11, 2023
Location
Marion, Kansas
Case number
6:23-cv-01179
Targets
Deb Gruver (Marion County Record)
Case Status
Ongoing
Type of case
Civil

Assault

Assailant →
Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →
Yes
Equipment Seized →
Status of Seized Equipment →
Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →
No

Radio reporter’s phone seized by North Dakota police, later returned

Incident Details

Date of Incident
January 10, 2022
Location
Williston, North Dakota
Targets
Tom Simon (KXWI-FM)
Equipment Seized →
Status of Seized Equipment →
Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →
No

Subpoena/Legal Order

Legal Orders →
Legal Order Target →
Journalist
Legal Order Venue →
State

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/Criminal Charge

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 →
Unnecessary use of force? →
No
Equipment Seized →
Status of Seized Equipment →
Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →
Yes

Subpoena/Legal Order

Legal Orders →
Legal Order Target →
Journalist
Legal Order Venue →
State

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/Criminal Charge

Arrest Status →
Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →
Sausalito Police Department
Charges →
Detention Date →
Release Date →
Unnecessary use of force? →
No

Assault

Assailant →
Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →
Yes
Equipment Seized →
Status of Seized Equipment →
Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →
Yes

Subpoena/Legal Order

Legal Orders →
Legal Order Target →
Journalist
Legal Order Venue →
State
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