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Reporter struck with pepper ball by federal officers at LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 10, 2026
Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05563
Targets: Ryanne Mena ([Los Angeles] Daily News)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Class Action

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

Journalist hit with pepper balls, tear gas while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jeremy Lindenfeld (Capital & Main)

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

Journalist shot with pepper balls by federal officers at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Los Angeles Public Press)

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

Florida newspaper receives cease and desist letter from state agency

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Orlando, Florida
Targets: Jeffrey Schweers (Orlando Sentinel), Orlando Sentinel

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Freelance journalist shot with crowd-control munitions at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Abraham Márquez (Freelance)

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

Student journalist pepper-sprayed at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jake Crandall (The [Santa Monica College] Corsair)

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

Student journalist hit by pepper ball at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jake Crandall (The [Santa Monica College] Corsair)

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

Photojournalist pepper-sprayed by federal agent at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anonymous photojournalist 8 (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist shot at with pepper balls at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ethan Noah Roy (Freelance)

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

At LA-area protests in June, press denied access, exposed to chemical irritants, more

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 2025
Location: Multiple, California
Targets: Media

Other Incident

Egyptian former journalist jailed in Ohio after U.S. revokes asylum

Incident Details

Updated on: September 19, 2025
Date of incident: June 3, 2025
Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Case number: 1:25-cv-00510
Targets: Ayman Soliman (Freelance)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Judge rules ‘Cop City’ foundation must comply with news outlet’s records request

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2025
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 24CV001116
Targets: Atlanta Community Press Collective
Case status: Verdict issued
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Pete Hegseth restricts journalists’ access inside Pentagon

Incident Details

Updated on: April 9, 2026
Date of incident: May 23, 2025
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Case number: 1:25-cv-04218
Targets: Media
Case status: Appealed
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

FTC demands records from NewsGuard about its media ratings

Incident Details

Updated on: April 16, 2026
Date of incident: May 20, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:26-cv-00353
Targets: NewsGuard
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 20, 2025: Pending

June 3, 2025: Carried out

July 17, 2025: Carried out

Sept. 11, 2025: Carried out

Nov. 18, 2025: Carried out

Dec. 8, 2025: Carried out

Jan. 16, 2026: Objected to

April 16, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

FTC targets media ratings service with sweeping document demand

Incident Details

Updated on: April 16, 2026
Date of incident: May 20, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:25-cv-4137
Targets: Global Disinformation Index
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 20, 2025: Pending

June 10, 2025: Carried out

Sept. 17, 2025: Objected to

April 16, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Tennessee radio station targeted by copper wire thieves; off air for six months

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 18, 2025
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: WGSF

Equipment damaged →: Building, 1

Broadcast tower, 1

Miscellaneous equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

South Carolina court clerk pleads guilty to sharing sealed photos with press

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 14, 2025
Location: Walterboro, South Carolina

Alleged recipient of leak →: Unknown
Charged under Espionage Act →: No

Multimedia journalist held for an hour by US border officers at LA airport

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 11, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anonymous reporter 8 (Freelance)

Border point →: Los Angeles International Airport
Target nationality →: Mexico

United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: No

Journalist subpoenaed by reporters arrested at 2021 California protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2025
Date of incident: May 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: James Queally (Los Angeles Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May 9, 2025: Pending

May 23, 2025: Objected to

July 23, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Four NYC student journalists temporarily suspended following protest coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 8, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Natalie Lahr (WKCR), Sawyer Huckabee (WKCR), Celeste Gamble (WKCR), Luisa Sukkar (Columbia Daily Spectator )

Chilling Statement

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