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Grand jury subpoenas independent journalist for video footage of DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 4, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Luke Kuhn (It's Going Down)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 4, 2018: Pending

Sept. 11, 2018: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Man arrested after threatening to shoot and kill Boston Globe staffers

Incident Details

Updated on: October 2, 2019
Date of incident: August 30, 2018
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: The Boston Globe

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Journalist questioned at San Ysidro border crossing for third time

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Brooke Binkowski (Freelance)

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Freelance reporter Karen Savage arrested for felony trespassing while covering anti-pipeline protest in Louisiana

Incident Details

Updated on: June 20, 2025
Date of incident: August 18, 2018
Location: St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Case number: 6:20-cv-00983
Targets: Karen Savage (The Appeal)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office
Charges →: Trespassing: unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure project

Aug. 18, 2018: Charges pending

July 13, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Demonstrators damage TV journalist's camera in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2018
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Gary Cooper (WTVD)

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

Equipment damaged →: Miscellaneous equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

CBS producer shoved by police while covering protest in DC

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Christina Ruffini (CBS News)

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

DC police officer assaults freelance photographer Craig Ruttle at demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Craig Ruttle (Newsday)

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

Photojournalist covering DC protest 'decked' in face by police officer

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Shay Horse (Freelance)

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

Protesters smack away NBC News reporter Cal Perry's camera in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 11, 2018
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Cal Perry (NBC News)

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

Illinois State Police trooper arrests journalist for 'trespassing' at scene of car crash

Incident Details

Updated on: July 25, 2019
Date of incident: August 11, 2018
Location: Naperville, Illinois
Targets: Dave Weaver (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Illinois State Police
Charges →: Traffic violation: walking improperly on a roadway

Aug. 11, 2018: Charges pending

Sept. 13, 2018: Charges pending

July 25, 2019: Charges dropped

Trespassing: criminal trespass to property

Aug. 11, 2018: Charges pending

Sept. 13, 2018: Charges pending

July 25, 2019: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: failure to yield to emergency vehicles

Aug. 11, 2018: Charges pending

Sept. 13, 2018: Charges pending

July 25, 2019: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: stopping in a roadway

Aug. 11, 2018: Charges pending

Sept. 13, 2018: Charges pending

July 25, 2019: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Defense One reporters left out of media briefing with Deputy Secretary of Defense in apparent retaliation for reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 9, 2018
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Targets: Defense One

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Government event

Bill Murray accosts freelance photographer Peter Simon in Martha’s Vineyard restaurant

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2018
Location: Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Targets: Peter Simon (The Martha’s Vineyard Times)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Florida judge rejects contempt petition against Sun Sentinel, two reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 6, 2018
Location: Broward County, Florida
Targets: Brittany Wallman (South Florida Sun Sentinel), Paula McMahon (South Florida Sun Sentinel), South Florida Sun Sentinel

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Milwaukee reporter arrested, interrogated, and asked to delete photographs

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 5, 2018
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Targets: Edgar Mendez (Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Milwaukee Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Aug. 5, 2018: Charges pending

Dec. 3, 2018: Acquitted
Unnecessary use of force? →: No