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Dakota Pipeline operator subpoenas Unicorn Riot reporter over coverage of demonstrations

Incident Details

Updated on: July 16, 2025
Date of incident: March 17, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Niko Georgiades (Unicorn Riot)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 17, 2021: Pending

March 24, 2021: Objected to

Dec. 16, 2022: Quashed

Sept. 27, 2023: Objected to

May 6, 2024: Quashed

Aug. 6, 2024: Objected to

July 16, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Independent journalist shoved by police during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 13, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Independent)

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

Law enforcement agencies photograph journalists and their IDs as they cover protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 12, 2021
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Journalist hit multiple times with projectiles while covering Portland protest around a proposed oil pipeline

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)

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

Researcher documenting Portland protests hit by pepper ball

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Juniper Simonis (Independent)

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

Local journalist hit with pepper balls while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: James Croxton (Double Sided Media)

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

Judge quashes subpoena of AP reporter in Idaho criminal case

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 10, 2021
Location: Boise, Idaho
Targets: Keith Ridler (The Associated Press)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 10, 2021: Pending

March 11, 2021: Objected to

March 15, 2021: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

March 10, 2021: Pending

March 11, 2021: Objected to

March 15, 2021: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Justice Department secretly obtained Project Veritas journalist’s email information

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 9, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Unidentified journalist 16 (Project Veritas)

Legal orders →: 2703(d) court order for communications or work product

March 9, 2021: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Microsoft (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

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