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Citizen journalist arrested for publishing information before local police

Incident Details

Updated on: March 23, 2026
Date of incident: December 13, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Laredo Police Department
Charges →: Misuse of official information

Dec. 13, 2017: Charges pending

March 28, 2018: Charges dropped

Misuse of official information

Dec. 13, 2017: Charges pending

March 28, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal orders →: warrant for other

Dec. 5, 2017: Pending

Dec. 13, 2017: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Police subpoena journalist’s cellphone during leak investigation

Incident Details

Updated on: March 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 27, 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

July 27, 2017: Pending

Aug. 22, 2017: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: AT&T (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: State

Spanish-language journalist arrested by ICE in Tennessee

Incident Details

Updated on: March 19, 2026
Date of incident: March 4, 2026
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Case number: 3:26-cv-00247
Targets: Estefany Rodríguez (Nashville Noticias)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Journalist grabbed, hit with pepper ball by federal agents at Illinois ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Steve Held (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Reporter struck in hand by pepper ball while filming at Illinois ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 26, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Charles Thrush (Block Club Chicago)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Leigh Giangreco (Block Club Chicago)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Chicago photojournalist shot with pepper balls outside ICE facility

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 26, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Colin Boyle (Block Club Chicago)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Photojournalist shot with chemical irritants amid Illinois immigration protests

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Audrey Richardson (Block Club Chicago)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Journalist shot in the face with pepper ball at Illinois ICE facility protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 26, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Raven Geary (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Journalist tackled, arrested by federal agents at Illinois ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 27, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Steve Held (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Detention date →: September 27, 2025
Release date →: September 28, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Journalist shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Raven Geary (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

7 former eBay employees charged in harassment campaign against journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: February 25, 2026
Date of incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Natick, Massachusetts
Case number: 1:21-cv-11181
Targets: Ina Steiner (EcommerceBytes), David Steiner (EcommerceBytes)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Other Incident

Washington Post reporter’s home searched by FBI, devices seized

Incident Details

Updated on: February 24, 2026
Date of incident: January 14, 2026
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Targets: Hannah Natanson (The Washington Post)

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 2

Miscellaneous equipment, 1

Recording equipment, 1

Storage device, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 14, 2026: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Munition strikes photojournalist at LA protest, shrapnel surgically removed

Incident Details

Updated on: February 18, 2026
Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Compton, California
Case number: 26CMCV00335
Targets: Nick Stern (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Man charged with vandalizing weather radar at Oklahoma TV station

Incident Details

Updated on: February 18, 2026
Date of incident: July 6, 2025
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Targets: KWTV-DT

Equipment damaged →: Weather radar, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Newspaper publisher shot after dispute over caricatures

Incident Details

Updated on: February 5, 2026
Date of incident: October 4, 2023
Location: Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Targets: Bernardo Isaías Amaro Pérez (El Periodiquito)

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

NY Times Magazine writer subpoenaed over article in federal trial

Incident Details

Updated on: February 4, 2026
Date of incident: January 23, 2026
Location: Greenbelt, Maryland
Targets: Jeffrey Toobin (The New York Times Magazine)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 23, 2026: Pending

Jan. 27, 2026: Objected to

Feb. 4, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

NY Times Magazine researcher subpoenaed over article in federal trial

Incident Details

Updated on: February 3, 2026
Date of incident: January 23, 2026
Location: Greenbelt, Maryland
Targets: Rudy Lee (The New York Times Magazine)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 23, 2026: Pending

Jan. 27, 2026: Objected to

Feb. 3, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reporter for Knock LA arrested with colleague while covering Echo Park protest in LA

Incident Details

Updated on: February 2, 2026
Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:22-cv-03106
Targets: Kate Gallagher (Knock LA)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: March 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Knock LA reporter arrested while covering Echo Park protest, charged with failure to disperse

Incident Details

Updated on: February 2, 2026
Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:22-cv-03106
Targets: Jonathan Peltz (Knock LA)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: March 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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