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KTVU reporter assaulted while covering protest in Berkeley

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Leigh Martinez (KTVU)

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

Protesters in Berkeley steal local TV reporter's phone and dunk it in water

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Thom Jensen (KNTV)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Independent journalist Dave Minsky beaten and attacked with pipe by protesters in Berkeley

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Dave Minsky (Independent)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1

Cellphone, 2

Camera, 1

Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Protesters attack independent livestreamer in San Francisco, steal his phone

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 26, 2017
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Nathan Stolpman (Independent)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Journalists in Phoenix tear-gassed while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2017
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Targets: Arizona Republic

Other Incident

President Trump tells supporters that journalists ‘don't like our country’

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2017
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Targets: Media

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Journalist arrested while interviewing students at public college in New York City

Incident Details

Updated on: September 30, 2017
Date of incident: August 16, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: J.B. Nicholas (Gothamist)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: CUNY Department of Public Safety
Charges →: Trespassing

Aug. 16, 2017: Charges pending

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

CBS 6 photojournalist attacked with stick while filming anti-fascist march

Incident Details

Updated on: August 17, 2017
Date of incident: August 13, 2017
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 19 (WTVR-TV)

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

TV reporter assaulted while covering protest in NC

Incident Details

Updated on: January 29, 2018
Date of incident: August 13, 2017
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Unidentified reporter 2 (WLOS)

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

Journalist Taylor Lorenz punched while filming aftermath of fatal attack

Incident Details

Updated on: November 3, 2017
Date of incident: August 12, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Taylor Lorenz (The Hill)

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

Independent livestreamer kicked while reporting in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Jen Patrice (Independent)

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

Unicorn Riot journalist attacked while reporting in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 11, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Christopher Schiano (Unicorn Riot)

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

New York Times editor testifies in defamation suit brought by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin

Incident Details

Updated on: April 22, 2025
Date of incident: August 10, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

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Attorney general considers making it easier to subpoena journalists

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 4, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Customs officers search reporter’s car and phone at Canadian border

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 3, 2017
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Anne Elizabeth Moore (Freelance)

Border point →: Ambassador Bridge 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

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Vehicle, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Journalist stopped for secondary screening, cellphone searched

Incident Details

Updated on: June 28, 2021
Date of incident: July 30, 2017
Location: Highgate Springs, Vermont
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Isma’il Kushkush (Freelance)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Highgate Springs Port of Entry
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

Police subpoena journalist’s cellphone during leak investigation

Incident Details

Updated on: March 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 27, 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

July 27, 2017: Pending

Aug. 22, 2017: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: AT&T (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: State

U.S. Capitol Police order journalists to delete photos, videos

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 25, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Andrew Desiderio (The Daily Beast)

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

Fox News host soaked with water at Brooklyn bar

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 24, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Katherine Timpf (Fox News)

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

Univision journalist threatened by white nationalists

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 24, 2017
Location: Caswell County, North Carolina
Targets: Ilia Calderón (Univision)

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