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Photojournalist threatened, chased by woman wielding machete

Incident Details

Updated on: June 25, 2024
Date of incident: May 23, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Robert Miller (New York Post)

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

Freelance journalist shoved, arrested while filming police in Arizona

Incident Details

Updated on: February 25, 2025
Date of incident: May 16, 2023
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Case number: 2:25-cv-00637
Targets: Lucas Mullikin (Freelance)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Yuma Police Department
Charges →: Failure to obey: obedience to officers

May 16, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2024: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting arrest

May 16, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: May 16, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Anchorage photojournalist attacked while covering campaign sign vandalism

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 31, 2023
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Targets: Loren Holmes (Anchorage Daily News)

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

Louisiana photojournalist attacked, his camera thrown

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 29, 2023
Location: Slidell, Louisiana
Targets: Steven A. Wolfram (WVUE-DT)

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

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

Photojournalist assaulted in Alabama courthouse

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 28, 2023
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Targets: Erik (WAFF)

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

Indian journalist harassed, struck in head while documenting DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2023
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Lalit K. Jha (Press Trust of India [India])

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

Photojournalist choked, his camera damaged in attack at Maine drama competition

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2023
Location: Skowhegan, Maine
Targets: Michael G. Seamans ([Waterville] Morning Sentinel)

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

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

NewsNation reporter arrested while covering Ohio governor news conference

Incident Details

Updated on: January 30, 2024
Date of incident: February 8, 2023
Location: East Palestine, Ohio
Case number: 4:23-cv-02200
Targets: Evan Lambert (NewsNation)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: East Palestine Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing: criminal trespass

Feb. 8, 2023: Charges pending

Feb. 15, 2023: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting arrest

Feb. 8, 2023: Charges pending

Feb. 15, 2023: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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