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Independent livestreamer Jon Ziegler pepper-sprayed and arrested in St. Louis

Incident Details

Updated on: August 3, 2023
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Jon Ziegler (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges dropped

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Getty photographer arrested while covering protest in St. Louis

Incident Details

Updated on: September 17, 2018
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Scott Olson (Getty Images)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Sept. 17, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

St. Louis police shoot University of Missouri student journalist with pepper balls

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Davis Winborne (Columbia Missourian)

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

Filmmaker Drew Burbridge beaten, pepper sprayed and arrested by St. Louis police

Incident Details

Updated on: November 19, 2021
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:17-cv-02482
Targets: Drew Burbridge (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 17, 2017
Release date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Filmmaker Jennifer Burbridge pepper sprayed and arrested by St. Louis police

Incident Details

Updated on: November 19, 2021
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:17-cv-02482
Targets: Jennifer Burbridge (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 17, 2017
Release date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Fusion video journalist pushed into wall and detained by St. Louis police

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Chris Burke (Fusion)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Independent filmmaker pepper-sprayed, arrested in St. Louis protests

Incident Details

Updated on: August 3, 2023
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Mark Gullet (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 17, 2017
Release date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Independent video journalist assaulted, arrested in St. Louis protests

Incident Details

Updated on: August 3, 2023
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Demetrius Thomas (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 17, 2017
Release date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Filmmaker sues St. Louis police for assault, arrest while covering protest

Incident Details

Updated on: August 3, 2023
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Fareed Alston (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 17, 2017
Release date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

External battery, 1

Camera equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Journalist, graduate student stopped again for secondary screening

Incident Details

Updated on: June 28, 2021
Date of incident: September 16, 2017
Location: Orlando, Florida
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Zainab Merchant (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Orlando International Airport
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

Protesters threaten, throw water on KTVI reporter covering protest in St. Louis

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 15, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Dan Gray (KTVI)

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

Second subpoena issued for independent journalist’s phone records

Incident Details

Updated on: March 23, 2026
Date of incident: September 14, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 14, 2017: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: AT&T (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: State

White House press secretary says tweets criticizing Trump are ‘a fireable offense’

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 13, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jemele Hill (ESPN)

Chilling Statement

Missouri reporter assaulted at his home after reporting on sexual misconduct allegations

Incident Details

Updated on: November 8, 2018
Date of incident: September 11, 2017
Location: Joplin, Missouri
Targets: Randy Turner (The Turner Report)

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

Local newspaper editor shot by police officer in Ohio

Incident Details

Updated on: May 23, 2019
Date of incident: September 4, 2017
Location: New Carlisle, Ohio
Case number: 3:17-cv-00422
Targets: Andy Grimm (New Carlisle News)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist detained at US-Canadian border ordered to delete images on camera

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 4, 2017
Location: Highgate, Vermont
Targets: Terry J. Allen (In These Times)

Border point →: Highgate Springs Port of Entry
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? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Searched without seizure
Search warrant obtained →: No

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

University of Texas journalist attacked at immigrant rights protest

Incident Details

Updated on: August 2, 2018
Date of incident: September 1, 2017
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Chase Karacostas (The [University of Texas at Austin] Daily Texan)

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

Independent journalist covering pipeline protest arrested, camera seized

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2017
Location: Douglas County, Minnesota
Targets: Leana Hosea (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Trespassing: trespass to land

Aug. 29, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 12, 2018: Convicted

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Aug. 29, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 12, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Reporter Mike Kessler's camera is smashed in Berkeley

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Mike Kessler (Freelance)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1

Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Documentary production assistant has phone knocked out of hands by protesters

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Nathan Hope (Independent)

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

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