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Journalist, graduate student stopped for secondary screening, electronic devices searched

Incident Details

Updated on: June 28, 2021
Date of incident: March 5, 2017
Location: Toronto, Canada
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Zainab Merchant (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Trump calls “fake news” the “enemy of the people”

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 24, 2017
Location: Oxon Hill, Maryland
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Reporters excluded from press briefing

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 24, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: BBC News [United Kingdom], BuzzFeed News, CNN, Daily Mail, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, [New York] Daily News, Politico, The Guardian, The Hill, The New York Times

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

Journalist Tracie Williams arrested at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated on: July 11, 2018
Date of incident: February 23, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Tracie Williams (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Morton County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Obstruction: physical obstruction of a government function

Feb. 23, 2017: Charges pending

July 11, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

Storage device, 3

Recording equipment, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Filmmaker Jahnny Lee charged with obstruction at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated on: April 27, 2018
Date of incident: February 22, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Jahnny Lee (Sundance Institute)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Morton County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Obstruction: physical obstruction of a government function

Feb. 22, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

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

Reporter Jack Smith IV charged with obstruction at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated on: February 1, 2018
Date of incident: February 22, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Jack Smith IV (Mic)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Morton County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Obstruction: physical obstruction of a government function

Feb. 22, 2017: Charges pending

Dec. 7, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Computer, 1

External battery, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Journalist Tonita Cervantes arrested at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated on: March 1, 2024
Date of incident: February 22, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Case number: 1:22-cv-00211
Targets: Tonita Cervantes (Freelance)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Morton County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Obstruction: physical obstruction of a government function

Feb. 23, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges dropped

May 25, 2017: Pending appeal

July 9, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: February 22, 2017
Release date →: February 23, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1

Cellphone, 1

External battery, 1

Storage device, 14
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Reporter John Sepulvado subpoenaed to testify in Bundy occupation trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 16, 2017
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: John Sepulvado (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 16, 2017: Pending

Feb. 21, 2017: Objected to

Feb. 24, 2017: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

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