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NY Post reporter’s credentials ripped from lanyard at Chicago protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 20, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Steven Vago (New York Post)

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

New York Post reporter threatened, kicked by woman wielding machete

Incident Details

Updated On: June 25, 2024
Date of Incident: May 23, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Reuven Fenton (New York Post)

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

Photojournalist threatened, chased by woman wielding machete

Incident Details

Updated On: June 25, 2024
Date of Incident: May 23, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Robert Miller (New York Post)

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

New York Post reporter assaulted by man being evicted from encampment

Incident Details

Updated On: October 11, 2023
Date of Incident: March 28, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Kevin Sheehan (New York Post)

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

New York Post photographer assaulted by man being evicted from encampment

Incident Details

Updated On: October 11, 2023
Date of Incident: March 28, 2022
Location: New York, New York
Targets: G.N. Miller (New York Post)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Reporter hit with wooden board at New York’s Occupy City Hall protest

Incident Details

Updated On: March 22, 2022
Date of Incident: July 12, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Kevin Sheehan (New York Post)

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

Photographer assaulted, had camera stolen while covering Manhattan protests for NY Post

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Stephen Yang (New York Post)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Using obscure legal justification, NYPD subpoenas reporter's records

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 9, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: New York Post

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 9, 2019: Pending

Feb. 13, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: Twitter (tech company)
Legal Order Venue →: State

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