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LA Times journalist hit by crowd-control rounds despite court order in Portland

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 24, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Melissa Etehad (Los Angeles Times)

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

Rubber bullet hits LA Times photojournalist’s camera and arm

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Luis Sinco (Los Angeles Times)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

LA Times photographer targeted with pepper spray while covering Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Updated On: April 5, 2024
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:21-cv-01282
Targets: Carolyn Cole (Los Angeles Times)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter struck with crowd-control munitions while covering Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Updated On: April 5, 2024
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:21-cv-01282
Targets: Molly Hennessy-Fiske (Los Angeles Times)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

White House bars four print reporters from covering dinner between U.S., North Korea leaders

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 27, 2019
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Targets: Eli Stokols (Los Angeles Times), Jeff Mason (Reuters), Jonathan Lemire (The Associated Press), Justin Sink (Bloomberg News)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Government event

Cyberattack disrupts Tribune newspaper computer systems and delivery across the U.S.

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 29, 2018
Location: Multiple
Targets: Capital Gazette, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, South Florida Sun Sentinel, The Baltimore Sun

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Judge orders LA Times not to publish descriptions of defendant in murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 10, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Los Angeles Times

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

Journalist subpoenaed in legal feud over boxing match

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 28, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lance Pugmire (Los Angeles Times)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Sept. 28, 2018: Pending

Oct. 30, 2018: Objected to

March 5, 2019: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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