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Cincinnati reporter arrested as protest spills across bridge to Kentucky

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Covington, Kentucky
Targets: Madeline Fening ([Cincinnati] CityBeat)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Covington Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Obstruction: obstructing an emergency responder

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Rioting

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

July 23, 2025: Charges dropped

Rioting: failure to disperse

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Rioting: unlawful assembly

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Traffic violation: obstructing a highway or public passage

July 17, 2025: Charges pending
Detention date →: July 17, 2025
Release date →: July 18, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Cincinnati photojournalist arrested as protest spills across bridge to Kentucky

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Covington, Kentucky
Targets: Lucas Griffith ([Cincinnati] CityBeat)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Covington Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

July 23, 2025: Charges dropped

Rioting: failure to disperse

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Rioting: unlawful assembly

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Traffic violation: obstructing a highway or public passage

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Obstruction: obstructing an emergency responder

July 17, 2025: Charges pending

Obstruction: resisting arrest

July 17, 2025: Charges pending
Detention date →: July 17, 2025
Release date →: July 18, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Congressman accuses Fox of deceptively editing Trump’s Epstein remarks

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Washington, D.C.
Targets: Fox News

Chilling Statement

Photojournalist threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Barry Chin (The Boston Globe)

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

Boston Globe reporter threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Niki Griswold (The Boston Globe)

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

Videographer struck with projectiles by federal officers at Oregon ICE protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)

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

Blake Lively subpoenas Google for journalists’ account information

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 3, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Andy Signore (Popcorned Planet), Katie Paulson (Without A Crystal Ball), Kjersti Flaa (FlaawsomeTalk)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 31, 2025: Objected to

Aug. 4, 2025: Dropped

subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 26, 2025: Dropped

subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 26, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: Google (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

YouTuber subpoenaed by Blake Lively for communications with Justin Baldoni

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Popcorned Planet

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 2, 2025: Pending

July 25, 2025: Objected to
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

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