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White House bans CNN reporter from event for ‘inappropriate’ questions

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 25, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Kaitlan Collins (CNN)

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

The Nation reporter forcibly removed from Trump–Putin press conference

Incident Details

Updated on: March 26, 2019
Date of incident: July 16, 2018
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Targets: Sam Husseini (The Nation)

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

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

Judge orders Los Angeles Times to delete published article about plea deal

Incident Details

Updated on: July 17, 2018
Date of incident: July 14, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Los Angeles Times

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Chicago Sun-Times reporter assaulted by police while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 14, 2018
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Nader Issa (Chicago Sun-Times)

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

Movie set crew member steals notes from Daily Beast journalist, rips them up

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 12, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Will Sommer (The Daily Beast)

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

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Ohio newspapers receive threatening letters containing unknown substances

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2018
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Targets: Circleville Herald, The Columbus Dispatch

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Massachusetts reporter arrested for threatening Walpole Times reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: October 1, 2019
Date of incident: July 6, 2018
Location: Walpole, Massachusetts
Targets: Unidentified reporter 3 (GateHouse Media)

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Denver police officers arrest journalist for taking photos

Incident Details

Updated on: September 30, 2019
Date of incident: July 5, 2018
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Susan Greene (The Colorado Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Denver Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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