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Florida broadcast photographer attacked by restaurant employee

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Hialeah, Florida
Targets: Frank Debesa (WPLG)

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

Reporter attacked, microphone damaged by restaurant employee

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Hialeah, Florida
Targets: Jeff Weinsier (WPLG)

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Barry Chin (The Boston Globe)

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

Boston Globe reporter threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Niki Griswold (The Boston Globe)

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

Photographer shot with crowd-control munitions at Southern California protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2025
Location: Camarillo, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 40 (KABC-TV)

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

Man charged with vandalizing weather radar at Oklahoma TV station

Incident Details

Updated on: February 18, 2026
Date of incident: July 6, 2025
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Targets: KWTV-DT

Equipment damaged →: Weather radar, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Videographer struck with projectiles by federal officers at Oregon ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 27, 2026
Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:25-cv-02170
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Class Action

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

Documentarian shoved by DHS officer at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Rocky Romano (Winters Rock Entertainment)

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

Police officer shoves freelance photojournalist at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ethan Noah Roy (Freelance)

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

Blake Lively subpoenas Google for journalists’ account information

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 3, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Andy Signore (Popcorned Planet), Katie Paulson (Without A Crystal Ball), Kjersti Flaa (FlaawsomeTalk)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 31, 2025: Objected to

Aug. 4, 2025: Dropped

subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 26, 2025: Dropped

subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 26, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: Google (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

YouTuber subpoenaed by Blake Lively for communications with Justin Baldoni

Incident Details

Updated on: December 2, 2025
Date of incident: July 2, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Popcorned Planet

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 2, 2025: Pending

July 25, 2025: Objected to

Dec. 2, 2025: Upheld

Dec. 11, 2025: Objected to
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Photojournalist arrested while covering scene of Northern California fire

Incident Details

Updated on: October 2, 2025
Date of incident: July 2, 2025
Location: Esparto, California
Targets: Richard Grant (San Francisco Chronicle)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: California Highway Patrol
Charges →: Trespassing: unauthorized entry into a closed emergency area

July 2, 2025: Charges pending

Oct. 2, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: July 2, 2025
Release date →: July 3, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Publisher charged for refusing to unpublish police blotter entry on NJ news site

Incident Details

Updated on: July 24, 2025
Date of incident: June 27, 2025
Location: Red Bank, New Jersey
Targets: Kenny Katzgrau (Redbankgreen)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: Red Bank Borough Municipal Court
Charges →: Publishing: disclosure of expungement order

June 27, 2025: Charges pending

July 24, 2025: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter charged for refusing to unpublish police blotter entry on NJ news site

Incident Details

Updated on: July 24, 2025
Date of incident: June 27, 2025
Location: Red Bank, New Jersey
Targets: Brian Donohue (Redbankgreen)

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: Red Bank Borough Municipal Court
Charges →: Publishing: disclosure of expungement order

June 27, 2025: Charges pending

July 24, 2025: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

West Texas reporter forcibly removed from public meeting

Incident Details

Updated on: January 18, 2026
Date of incident: June 27, 2025
Location: Fort Davis, Texas
Case number: 4:26-cv-00004
Targets: David Flash (Big Bend Times)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

June 27, 2025: Charges pending

July 24, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: June 27, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Acting U.S. attorney in northern NY removes Times Union from media list

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 27, 2025
Location: Albany, New York
Targets: Times Union

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: Prosecutor
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Ohio reporter’s notebook searched by Secret Service at Vance fundraiser

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 24, 2025
Location: Lima, Ohio
Targets: Erin Glynn (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

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

New York Daily News reporter banned by mayor from future news conferences

Incident Details

Updated on: June 24, 2025
Date of incident: June 17, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Chris Sommerfeldt ([New York] Daily News)

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Mayor
Type of denial →: Government event

New charges filed against Spanish-language journalist amid ICE detention

Incident Details

Updated on: October 27, 2025
Date of incident: June 17, 2025
Location: Lawrenceville, Georgia
Case number: 2:25-cv-00104
Targets: Mario Guevara (Independent)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Charged without arrest
Arresting authority →: Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office
Charges →: Traffic violation: distracted driving

June 17, 2025: Charges pending

July 10, 2025: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: failure to obey traffic control devices

June 17, 2025: Charges pending

July 10, 2025: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: reckless driving

June 17, 2025: Charges pending

July 10, 2025: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 2
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

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

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

Aug. 8, 2025: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Journalist struck, shoved by police at Philadelphia immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Christopher Schiano (Unicorn Riot)

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

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