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Vice subpoenaed in Alabama defamation and racketeering cases

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2, 2021
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Targets: Vice News

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 2, 2021: Pending

Aug. 2, 2021: Ignored

Dec. 15, 2021: Pending

Feb. 8, 2022: Objected to

March 7, 2022: Upheld
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Independent videographer arrested while documenting LA homeless camp cleanup

Incident Details

Updated on: October 25, 2021
Date of incident: July 1, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: delaying/obstructing sanitation department clean up operation

July 1, 2021: Charges pending

Oct. 25, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Bay Area news crew approached by armed individuals, ordered to hand over equipment

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2021
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Unidentified journalist 7 (KNTV)

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

Journalist shoved, his camera damaged, while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2024
Date of incident: June 25, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:23-cv-01870
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Journalist says he feared for his life while covering anti-vaccine rally in Oregon

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2021
Location: Springfield, Oregon
Targets: James Croxton (Independent)

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

North Carolina editor jailed after reporter records court proceedings

Incident Details

Updated on: November 1, 2022
Date of incident: June 22, 2021
Location: Rockingham, North Carolina
Targets: Gavin Stone (Richmond County Daily Journal)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: North Carolina Superior Court
Charges →: Contempt of court

June 22, 2021: Convicted

July 14, 2021: Pending appeal

Aug. 1, 2021: Convicted
Detention date →: June 22, 2021
Release date →: June 23, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Reporter fined for contempt after recording NC court proceedings

Incident Details

Updated on: March 28, 2024
Date of incident: June 22, 2021
Location: Rockingham, North Carolina
Targets: Matthew Sasser (Richmond County Daily Journal)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: North Carolina Superior Court
Charges →: Contempt of court

June 22, 2021: Convicted

July 14, 2021: Pending appeal

Aug. 1, 2021: Convicted
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter at Atlanta crime scene assaulted by security guard

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 13, 2021
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Mike Petchenik (WSB-TV)

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

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