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Former intelligence analyst charged with leaking classified documents to reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: July 27, 2021
Date of incident: May 9, 2019
Location: Alexandria, Virginia

Charged under Espionage Act →: Yes

Connecticut reporter arrested and briefly detained while covering demonstration

Incident Details

Updated on: October 22, 2019
Date of incident: May 9, 2019
Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Targets: Tara O'Neill (Hearst Connecticut Media Group)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Bridgeport Police Department
Detention date →: May 9, 2019
Release date →: May 9, 2019
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Florida man arrested for assaulting journalist, shattering windshield

Incident Details

Updated on: February 8, 2021
Date of incident: May 3, 2019
Location: Altamonte Springs, Florida
Targets: Albert “David” Bodden (WOFL)

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

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

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

Independent journalist files assault charges following May Day protests

Incident Details

Updated on: August 21, 2023
Date of incident: May 1, 2019
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 20CV19618
Targets: Andy Ngo (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Ohio editor testifies at Oberlin College defamation trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 29, 2019
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Targets: Jason Hawk (Oberlin News-Tribune)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 29, 2019: Pending

May 10, 2019: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Colorado newspaper denied access to cover horse roundup

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 24, 2019
Location: Colorado
Targets: The [Cortez] Journal

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

Baltimore court denies reporters access to courtroom audio recordings

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 24, 2019
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Targets: Justine Barron (Independent), Paul McGrew (WBFF)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: Circuit Court
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Other

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