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CNN producer detained in Atlanta airport

Incident Details

Updated On: August 11, 2017
Date of Incident: January 29, 2017
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 1:17-cv-00353
Targets: Mohammed Tawfeeq (CNN)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Target Nationality →: Iraq
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. permanent resident (green card)
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale arrested and attacked by police officer while filming rally

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 23, 2014
Location: Dawsonville, Georgia
Targets: Nydia Tisdale (Independent)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Dawson County Sheriff’s Office
Charges →: Obstruction: obstruction of a law enforcement officer

Aug. 23, 2014: Charges pending

Dec. 4, 2017: Convicted

Obstruction

Aug. 23, 2014: Charges pending

Dec. 4, 2017: Acquitted

Trespassing

Aug. 23, 2014: Charges pending

Dec. 4, 2017: Acquitted
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

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

Man arrested after threatening to kill CNN staffers

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 22, 2018
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: CNN

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Two reporters forced out of restaurant, equipment attacked

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 1, 2019
Location: Lithonia, Georgia
Targets: Dimitri Lotovski (WANF)

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

Georgia woman charged with kidnapping after hijacking news van with reporter inside

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 14, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Iyani Hughes (WANF)

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

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

Rock thrown through window of WSB-TV news vehicle during Atlanta protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: WSB-TV

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

Freelance journalist detained while covering protests for The Washington Post in Atlanta

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Haisten Willis (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Atlanta photographer detained, released after intervention by other journalists

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Alyssa Pointer (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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