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Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized outside Trump’s Tulsa rally

Incident Details

Updated On: January 8, 2021
Date of Incident: June 20, 2020
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Targets: Alan Pogue (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Tulsa Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: obstructing or interfering with an officer

June 20, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Searched or Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Camera, 2

Camera lens, 3

Equipment bag, 1

Protective equipment, 1

Storage device, 2
Status of Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Man arrested for assaulting reporter outside of Trump’s reelection announcement rally

Incident Details

Updated On: September 16, 2019
Date of Incident: June 18, 2019
Location: Orlando, Florida
Targets: Michael Williams (Orlando Sentinel)

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

Reporter hit in face, has phone stolen while interviewing voters in Los Angeles

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 26, 2019
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Washington Babylon)

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

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

Iowa congressman Steve King denies at least four journalists access to election party

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 6, 2018
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Targets: Adam Rubenstein (The Weekly Standard), Christopher Mathias (HuffPost), Tom Cullen (Storm Lake Times), Tony Leys (The Des Moines Register)

Other Incident

Roy Moore campaign bans Washington Post reporters from election watch party

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 12, 2017
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Targets: The Washington Post

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Fox News cameraman shoved by Roy Moore campaign official in Alabama

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 27, 2017
Location: Henager, Alabama
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 18 (Fox News)

Assailant →: Public figure
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore threatens to sue the Washington Post

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 12, 2017
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Targets: The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark arrested while covering Republican candidate for Virginia governor

Incident Details

Updated On: February 13, 2018
Date of Incident: October 28, 2017
Location: Annandale, Virginia
Targets: Mike Stark (Shareblue)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Fairfax County Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting arrest

Oct. 28, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 13, 2018: Charges dropped

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Oct. 28, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 13, 2018: Convicted
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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