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Journalist shoved by LAPD, threatened with arrest at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Mel Buer (Independent)

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

Journalist pushed, struck with police baton at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Independent)

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

Photographer pushed, jabbed by police baton at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Enrique Dominguez (Independent)

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

Reporter pushed by police while covering LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Status Coup)

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

Reporter shoved, lunged at by police at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ryanne Mena ([Los Angeles] Daily News)

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

Journalist manhandled, his reporting obstructed, by police at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Connor Sheets (Los Angeles Times)

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

Photojournalist hit with munitions at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Henry Cherry (Independent)

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

Student journalist detained, zip-tied while documenting LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jose Ossa (California State University, Dominguez Hills)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: March 28, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Student documentarian detained, zip-tied while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Giovanni Cruz (California State University, Dominguez Hills)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: March 28, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter pushed by police, threatened with arrest at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: March 28, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Journalist kettled, prevented from leaving LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Mel Buer (Independent)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: March 28, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist caught in police kettle at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Dexter Thomas (Independent)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: March 28, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist caught in police kettle, threatened with arrest at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Independent)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: March 28, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Press obstructed, hit with chemical irritants at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Media

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Reporter pushed, hit with projectiles and obstructed from reporting at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Kevin Foster (Independent)

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

Student journalist cornered by LAPD, escorted from protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Violet Garcia (The [Los Angeles Pierce College] Bull Magazine)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: March 28, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

FCC Chair Brendan Carr targets news outlets

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 14, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth targets news outlets, leakers

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 9, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Stars and Stripes

Chilling Statement

Spanish-language journalist arrested by ICE in Tennessee

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Incident Details

Updated on: March 19, 2026
Date of incident: March 4, 2026
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Case number: 3:26-cv-00247
Targets: Estefany Rodríguez (Nashville Noticias)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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Photographers barred from Pentagon briefings after ‘unflattering’ photos

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 4, 2026
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

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