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Getty photojournalist hit with rubber bullets in Detroit; officer charged

Incident Details

Updated On: October 21, 2024
Date of Incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Matthew Hatcher (Getty Images)

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

Freelance photographer hit with rubber bullets in Detroit, officer charged

Incident Details

Updated On: October 21, 2024
Date of Incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Seth Herald (Agence France-Presse)

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

MLive photographer hit with rubber bullets in Detroit; officer charged

Incident Details

Updated On: October 21, 2024
Date of Incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Nicole Hester (MLive)

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

Fox 5 DC news crew, other journalists face targeted assaults while covering Capitol riots

Incident Details

Updated On: October 17, 2024
Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Unidentified journalist 9 (WTTG)

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

Five indicted in connection with plot to kidnap NY-based Iranian journalist

Incident Details

Updated On: October 17, 2024
Date of Incident: July 13, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Masih Alinejad (Independent)

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County official arrested in stabbing death of Las Vegas investigative journalist

Incident Details

Updated On: October 16, 2024
Date of Incident: September 2, 2022
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Jeff German (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Devices illegally seized in investigation of reporter’s murder, Review-Journal argues

Incident Details

Updated On: October 16, 2024
Date of Incident: September 2022
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Case number: A-22-859361-C
Targets: Jeff German (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 4

Storage device, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: In custody
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Sept. 3, 2022: Pending

Sept. 3, 2022: Carried out

Sept. 26, 2022: Objected to

May 10, 2023: Upheld

May 22, 2023: Objected to

Oct. 5, 2023: Partially upheld

Jan. 26, 2024: Partially upheld

July 25, 2024: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Fourth subpoena issued for independent journalist’s phone records

Incident Details

Updated On: October 15, 2024
Date of Incident: October 6, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case Status: Ongoing, Appealed
Type of case: Civil

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 6, 2017: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: AT&T (telecom company)
Legal Order Venue →: State

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