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Subpoena of reporter over decades-old Chiquita story set aside

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 18, 2020
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Targets: Cameron McWhirter (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 18, 2020: Pending

Oct. 27, 2020: Objected to

Dec. 2, 2020: Quashed

subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Sept. 18, 2020: Pending

Oct. 27, 2020: Objected to

Dec. 2, 2020: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Al Jazeera’s AJ+ ordered to register as foreign agent

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 14, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: AJ+

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Journalist arrested while covering break-up of LA protest encampment

Incident Details

Updated on: July 7, 2021
Date of incident: September 13, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Talia (Jane) Ben-Ora (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 13, 2020: Charges pending

July 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist Josie Huang arrested, charged with obstructing police in Los Angeles

Incident Details

Updated on: November 7, 2023
Date of incident: September 12, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Josie Huang (KPCC-FM/LAist)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting

Sept. 12, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 24, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: delaying or obstructing a public officer

Sept. 12, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 24, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 12, 2020
Release date →: September 13, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment broken →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Julian Assange subpoenaed in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 12, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Julian Assange (WikiLeaks)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

July 1, 2018: Pending

Jan. 24, 2020: Quashed

Sept. 12, 2020: Upheld

Sept. 22, 2020: Upheld

March 29, 2021: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Photojournalist assaulted, threatened by LA sheriff’s deputies

Incident Details

Updated on: August 29, 2022
Date of incident: September 12, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:21-cv-03742
Targets: Nash Baker (OnScene.TV)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist surrounded, threatened with weapon, while filming Oregon fires

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 10, 2020
Location: Estacada, Oregon
Targets: Nathan Howard (Getty Images)

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

Man charged with throwing rocks at NYC’s WABC-TV studios

Incident Details

Updated on: October 25, 2023
Date of incident: September 9, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: WABC-TV

Equipment broken →: Building, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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