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Reporter flagged for additional screening when leaving the U.S., questioned about work

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 30, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Anonymous reporter 2

Border point →: John F. Kennedy International Airport
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Independent livestreamer, Heather De Mian, pepper sprayed by St. Louis police

Incident Details

Updated on: November 16, 2023
Date of incident: September 29, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:18-cv-01680
Targets: Heather De Mian (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer, Christian Gooden, pepper-sprayed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 29, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Christian Gooden (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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Third subpoena issued for independent journalist’s phone records

Incident Details

Updated on: April 8, 2025
Date of incident: September 28, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 28, 2017: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: AT&T (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: State

St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter knocked to ground by police and arrested

Incident Details

Updated on: August 21, 2023
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Mike Faulk (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Sept. 17, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 17, 2017
Release date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Bicycle, 1

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

Independent livestreamer Jon Ziegler pepper-sprayed and arrested in St. Louis

Incident Details

Updated on: August 3, 2023
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Jon Ziegler (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges dropped

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Getty photographer arrested while covering protest in St. Louis

Incident Details

Updated on: September 17, 2018
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Scott Olson (Getty Images)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Sept. 17, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

St. Louis police shoot University of Missouri student journalist with pepper balls

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Davis Winborne (Columbia Missourian)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

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