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Seattle Police Department subpoenas five news outlets for protest photos, videos

Incident Details

Updated on: September 21, 2020
Date of incident: June 18, 2020
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: KCPQ, KING-TV, KIRO-TV, KOMO-TV, The Seattle Times

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

June 18, 2020: Pending

Sept. 21, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Law enforcement officer shoves, threatens local reporter with arrest during Charlotte protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 18, 2020
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: Justin LaFrancois (Queen City Nerve)

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

Reporter struck with police pepper ball during Louisville protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 17, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Billy Kobin (The [Louisville] Courier Journal)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

CNN news crew harassed, camera damaged while covering site of Rayshard Brooks death in Atlanta

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 16, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: CNN

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

7 former eBay employees charged in harassment campaign against journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: July 18, 2024
Date of incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Natick, Massachusetts
Case number: 1:21-cv-11181
Targets: Ina Steiner (EcommerceBytes), David Steiner (EcommerceBytes)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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Youth smashes windshield of TV news crew’s car in Louisville

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Shaquille Lord (WLKY)

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

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

New York Times reporter taunted, threatened during Albuquerque protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Targets: Simon Romero (The New York Times)

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Independent journalist says they were shoved by police while covering protests in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Tuck Woodstock (Freelance)

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

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