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Journalist Samantha Baars subpoenaed to testify in Jason Kessler trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 12, 2018
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Samantha Baars (C-VILLE Weekly)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Mar. 12, 2018: Pending

Mar. 19, 2018: Objected to

Mar. 20, 2018: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Demonstrators damage TV journalist's camera in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 12, 2018
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Gary Cooper (WTVD)

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

Equipment Broken →: Miscellaneous equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Protesters smack away NBC News reporter Cal Perry's camera in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 11, 2018
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Cal Perry (NBC News)

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

CBP officer withholds journalist’s passport until he agrees to say he writes 'propaganda'

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 3, 2019
Location: Dulles, Virginia
Targets: Ben Watson (Defense One)

Border Point →: Dulles International Airport
Target Nationality →: United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Public radio reporter pepper sprayed, knocked to the ground in Richmond

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Roberto Roldan (VPM News)

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

Student journalist pepper-sprayed, thrown to ground by law enforcement in Richmond

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 21, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Andrew Ringle (The Commonwealth Times)

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

Commonwealth Times editor detained while covering Richmond protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 25, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Eduardo Acevedo (The Commonwealth Times)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Richmond Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Independent journalist arrested, held for eight hours by Richmond police

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 26, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Madeleine “Molly” Conger (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Richmond Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Jul. 26, 2020: Charges pending

Sep. 1, 2020: Charges pending

Dec. 3, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: July 27, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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