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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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Freelance photojournalist arrested by police while filming aftermath of car crash

Incident Details

Updated on: July 25, 2023
Date of incident: July 24, 2017
Location: Hemet, California
Targets: John Strangis (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Hemet Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer

July 24, 2017: Charges pending

July 25, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter stopped while entering the U.S., reporting notes photocopied

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2017
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Targets: Anonymous reporter 1

Border point →: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

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

White House advisers allegedly discuss leverage over CNN

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN

Chilling Statement

Trump tweets video of him wrestling ‘CNN’

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN

Chilling Statement

Times bureau chief questioned by customs officers when flying into NYC

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Jeffrey Gettleman (The New York Times)

Border point →: John F. Kennedy 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

Albuquerque news crew watches as news van stolen during report on local crime

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2017
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Targets: KOB

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

Photojournalist Brooke Anderson struck with baton by Berkeley police officer while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 20, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Brooke Anderson (Independent)

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

Student journalist arrested while covering protest in Minnesota

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 17, 2017
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: David Clarey ([University of] Minnesota Daily)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Charges →: Obstruction: being a public nuisance

June 17, 2017: Charges pending

July 28, 2017: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

June 17, 2017: Charges pending

July 28, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Minneapolis journalist arrested while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 17, 2017
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Susan Du (City Pages)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Charges →: Obstruction: being a public nuisance

June 17, 2017: Charges pending

July 28, 2017: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

June 17, 2017: Charges pending

July 28, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Computer, 1

Work product, 1

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

Courthouse security officer handcuffs Syracuse court reporter, seizes his phone

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2017
Location: Syracuse, New York
Targets: Douglass Dowty (The [Syracuse] Post-Standard)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Onondaga County Courthouse Security
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Alpha News reporter Preya Samsundar attacked by protesters in Minnesota

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 10, 2017
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Preya Samsundar (Alpha News)

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

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

Reality Winner charged with leaking information to The Intercept

Incident Details

Updated on: June 14, 2021
Date of incident: June 3, 2017
Location: Augusta, Georgia

Alleged recipient of leak →: The Intercept
Charged under Espionage Act →: Yes

Al Jazeera journalist stopped and questioned in Los Angeles airport

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 27, 2017
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ali Latifi (Al Jazeera [Qatar])

Border point →: Los Angeles International Airport
Target nationality →: Afghanistan

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

GOP Congressional candidate assaults Guardian U.S. reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: November 17, 2017
Date of incident: May 24, 2017
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Targets: Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

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