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Photojournalist Cheney Orr arrested at Trump inauguration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Cheney Orr (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 21, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: January 20, 2017
Release date →: January 21, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Camera, 3

Storage device, 3

Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in part
Search warrant obtained →: No

RT America reporter arrested at Trump inauguration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Alexander Rubinstein (RT America)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

Jan. 30, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist Alexei Wood arrested at Inauguration protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 25, 2023
Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:20-cv-00130
Targets: Alexei Wood (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Destruction of property

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2017: Acquitted

Destruction of property

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2017: Acquitted

Destruction of property

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2017: Acquitted

Destruction of property

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2017: Acquitted

Rioting

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 1, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2017: Acquitted

Rioting: conspiracy to riot

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 1, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2017: Acquitted

Rioting: inciting a riot

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 13, 2017: Charges dropped

Destruction of property

Jan. 20, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 21, 2017: Acquitted
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Camera equipment, 1

Camera lens, 1

Cellphone, 1

Recording equipment, 1

Storage device, 4
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Washington Post reporter thrown to ground by police at Inauguration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Dalton Bennett (The Washington Post)

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

WJLA photographer injured during Trump Inauguration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Vanessa Koolhof (WJLA-TV)

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

Shay Horse arrested at Trump inauguration protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 26, 2021
Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:17-cv-01216
Targets: Shay Horse (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Jan. 21, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 1, 2017: Charges dropped
Release date →: January 21, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Chicago Sun-Times reporter punched while covering inauguration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Sam Charles (Chicago Sun-Times)

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

Independent journalist Jon Ziegler injured by rubber bullet at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 18, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Jon Ziegler (Independent)

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

Trump International Hotel bans journalists during Inauguration week

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 17, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Politico

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Journalist Jenifer Stum charged with trespassing and rioting at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated on: October 8, 2018
Date of incident: January 16, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Jenifer Stum (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Morton County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Trespassing: criminal trespass

Jan. 16, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2018: Charges dropped

Rioting: engaging in a riot

Jan. 16, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 8, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Russian documentary journalist denied entry to the U.S.

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 15, 2017
Location: Moscow, Russia
Targets: Anonymous documentary journalist 1 (RTDoc [Russia])

Border point →: Shremetyevo Airport
Target nationality →: Canada

Russia
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: Yes
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Congressman blocks journalist from photographing protesters

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 10, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jim Lo Scalzo (EPA Images [Germany])

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Florida cameraman nearly run over by man upset with reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: May 11, 2017
Date of incident: January 5, 2017
Location: Cape Coral, Florida
Targets: Channing Frampton (WINK-TV)

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

Florida TV correspondent nearly run over by man upset with her reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: May 11, 2017
Date of incident: January 5, 2017
Location: Cape Coral, Florida
Targets: Nicole Valdes (WINK-TV)

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

Filmmaker restrained, phone seized at U.S.-Canada border crossing

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 4, 2017
Location: Lewiston, New York
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Akram Shibly (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Lewiston-Queenston Bridge
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Unknown

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Journalist questioned at Dulles International Airport

Incident Details

Updated on: June 28, 2021
Date of incident: January 3, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Isma’il Kushkush (Freelance)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Dulles International Airport
Target nationality →: Sudan

United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Filmmaker forced to unlock phone at U.S.-Canada border crossing

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 1, 2017
Location: Lewiston, New York
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Akram Shibly (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Lewiston-Queenston Bridge
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Unknown

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Journalist alleges phone data copied, sent to CIA during Assange interviews

Incident Details

Updated on: May 23, 2025
Date of incident: January 2017
Location: London, England
Case number: 1:22-cv-06913
Targets: John Goetz (NDR)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Equipment searched or seized →: Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: No

Reporter alleges phone data copied, sent to CIA during Assange interviews

Incident Details

Updated on: May 23, 2025
Date of incident: January 2017
Location: London, England
Case number: 1:22-cv-06913
Targets: Charles Glass (Freelance)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Equipment searched or seized →: Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: No

Journalist Adam Schrader arrested at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated on: February 5, 2025
Date of incident: October 27, 2016
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Adam Schrader ([New York] Daily News)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Morton County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Endangerment: endangering by fire or explosion

Oct. 17, 2016: Charges pending

Nov. 1, 2016: Charges dropped

Obstruction: maintaining a public nuisance

Oct. 27, 2016: Charges pending

Aug. 21, 2017: Charges dropped

Rioting: engaging in a riot

Oct. 27, 2016: Charges pending

Aug. 21, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: October 27, 2016
Release date →: October 29, 2016
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Recording equipment, 1

Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: Unknown
Search warrant obtained →: No

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1

Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

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