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Journalist assaulted while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Patrick Niedzwiedz (WATN-TV)

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

Freelance photographer attacked after Stanley Cup by man yelling support of Trump

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Scott Eisen (Freelance)

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

Journalist assaulted, pushed to the ground while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Luke Jones (WREG-TV)

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

Marine Corps denies veteran and Newsweek reporter interview in apparent retaliation for prior reporting

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: James LaPorta (Newsweek)

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Pennsylvania journalist barred from publishing document mistakenly made public, order vacated

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2019
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Reid Frazier (The Allegheny Front), StateImpact Pennsylvania

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Broadcast journalist threatened at gunpoint in Texas

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2019
Location: Killeen, Texas
Targets: Emani Payne (KCEN-TV)

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

Reporters removed from Kansas Senate floor, threatened with loss of press passes

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2019
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Alec Gartner (KSNT), John Hanna (The Associated Press), Jonathan Shorman (The Kansas City Star), Sherman Smith (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Miami freelancer has phone and camera seized by police

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 25, 2019
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Jacob Katel (Freelance)

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

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