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Nebraska high school newspaper, class shuttered after publishing LGBTQ content

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Updated On: October 16, 2023
Date of Incident: May 22, 2022
Location: Grand Island, Nebraska
Case number: 4:23-cv-03043
Targets: The Viking Saga
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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Student photojournalist arrested, equipment seized during LA protest

Incident Details

Updated On: May 18, 2023
Date of Incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:21-cv-08378
Targets: Pablo Unzueta (Daily Forty-Niner)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sep. 9, 2020: Charges pending

Mar. 1, 2021: Charges dropped
Release Date →: September 9, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

Storage device, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in part
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Sep. 10, 2020: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

UMass-Boston student newspaper editor sued for defamation, emotional distress

Incident Details

Updated On: December 31, 2019
Date of Incident: September 17, 2018
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Cady Vishniac (The Mass Media)

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Student photojournalist stopped at US-Mexico border for secondary screening

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Updated On: November 20, 2019
Date of Incident: December 29, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Bing Guan (Independent)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

University of Texas journalist attacked at immigrant rights protest

Incident Details

Updated On: August 2, 2018
Date of Incident: September 1, 2017
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Chase Karacostas (The Daily Texan)

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

Student journalist arrested while covering protest in Minnesota

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 17, 2017
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: David Clarey (The Minnesota Daily)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Charges →: Obstruction: being a public nuisance

Jun. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Jul. 28, 2017: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

Jun. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Jul. 28, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

St. Louis police shoot University of Missouri student journalist with pepper balls

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Davis Winborne (Columbia Missourian)

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

Arkansas high school suspends student newspaper

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 27, 2018
Location: Springdale, Arkansas
Targets: The Herald

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