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Montgomery County Commission sued for ban on livestreaming chamber proceedings

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 12, 2019
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Targets: Media

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

Journalist assaulted while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Patrick Niedzwiedz (WATN-TV)

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

Journalist assaulted, pushed to the ground while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Luke Jones (WREG-TV)

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

Tennessee Highway Patrol blocks reporters from covering protest, threaten with arrest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2019
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Joel Ebert (The Tennessean), Kyle Horan (WTVF), Natalie Allison (The Tennessean), Sergio Martínez-Beltrán (Nashville Public Radio)

Government agency or public official involved →: Law enforcement: State
Type of denial →: Other

Journalist Manuel Duran, arrested while covering immigration protest, could be deported by ICE

Incident Details

Updated On: March 24, 2022
Date of Incident: April 3, 2018
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Manuel Duran (Memphis Noticias)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Memphis Police Department
Charges →: Blocking traffic: obstructing a highway or passageway

April 3, 2018: Charges pending

April 5, 2018: Charges dropped

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

April 3, 2018: Charges pending

April 5, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: April 3, 2018
Release Date →: July 11, 2019
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Jon Ziegler attacked by white nationalist protesters in Tennessee

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 28, 2017
Location: Shelbyville, Tennessee
Targets: Jon Ziegler (Independent)

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

TV reporter charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: May 22, 2017
Date of Incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Ben Hall (WTVF)

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

Photojournalist charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: May 22, 2017
Date of Incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Bob Stinnett (WTVF)

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

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