Los Angeles County judge orders reporters not to publish courtroom photographs Show More Incident Details Date of incident September 26, 2018 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press Prior Restraint Status of prior restraint → Struck down Mistakenly released materials? → No
Journalist Karen Savage arrested for second time while covering anti-pipeline protest in Louisiana #environmentalism #protest Show More Incident Details Updated on June 20, 2025 Date of incident September 18, 2018 Location St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Case number 6:20-cv-00983 Targets Karen Savage (The Appeal) Case status Dismissed Type of case Civil Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest status → Arrested and released Arresting authority → St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office Charges → Trespassing: unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure project Sept. 18, 2018: Charges pending July 13, 2021: Charges dropped Unnecessary use of force? → Yes
UMass-Boston student newspaper editor sued for defamation, emotional distress #student journalism Show More Incident Details Updated on December 31, 2019 Date of incident September 17, 2018 Location Boston, Massachusetts Targets Cady Vishniac (The [University of Massachusetts] Mass Media) Other Incident
AP video journalist punched in face and called 'fake news' #environmentalism Show More Incident Details Date of incident September 2018 Location Bladen County, North Carolina Targets Josh Replogle (The Associated Press) Assault Assailant → Private individual Was the journalist targeted? → Yes
Independent journalist arrested while filming in New Mexico; sues police officer #environmentalism Show More Incident Details Updated on August 1, 2024 Date of incident September 11, 2018 Location Artesia, New Mexico Case number 2:20-cv-01060 Targets Albert Bustillos (Independent) Case status Settled Type of case Civil Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest status → Arrested and released Arresting authority → Artesia Police Department Charges → Obstruction: concealing identity Sept. 11, 2018: Charges pending Dec. 10, 2018: Convicted Dec. 17, 2018: Pending appeal April 9, 2020: Acquitted Detention date → September 11, 2018 Release date → September 13, 2018 Unnecessary use of force? → No
Trump tells DOJ to investigate author of anonymous op-ed criticizing him #Donald Trump Show More Incident Details Date of incident September 7, 2018 Location Washington, District of Columbia Targets The New York Times Chilling Statement
Man intentionally crashes truck into local TV station in Dallas, Texas Show More Incident Details Updated on November 18, 2021 Date of incident September 5, 2018 Location Dallas, Texas Targets KDFW Equipment Damage Equipment broken → Building, 1 Actor → Private individual
Grand jury subpoenas independent journalist for video footage of DC protest #white nationalism Show More Incident Details Date of incident September 4, 2018 Location Washington, District of Columbia Targets Luke Kuhn (It's Going Down) Subpoena/Legal Order Legal orders → subpoena for communications or work product Sept. 4, 2018: Pending Sept. 11, 2018: Dropped Legal order target → Journalist Legal order venue → Federal