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Subpoena issued for watchdog blog’s documents, communications

Incident Details

Updated On: April 11, 2024
Date of Incident: February 7, 2020
Location: Stark County, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 7, 2020: Pending

Mar. 1, 2020: Objected to

Unknown date: Ignored
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

LA Times photographer targeted with pepper spray while covering Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Updated On: April 5, 2024
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:21-cv-01282
Targets: Carolyn Cole (Los Angeles Times)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter struck with crowd-control munitions while covering Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Updated On: April 5, 2024
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:21-cv-01282
Targets: Molly Hennessy-Fiske (Los Angeles Times)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

OC Weekly intern Frank Tristan attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Updated On: April 4, 2024
Date of Incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Frank Tristan (OC Weekly)

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

Iowa blogger denied press access to Statehouse

Incident Details

Updated On: April 2, 2024
Date of Incident: January 10, 2019
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Case number: 4:24-cv-00021
Targets: Laura Belin (Bleeding Heartland)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice, Press credential or media list

Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid

Incident Details

Updated On: April 1, 2024
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02122
Targets: Marion County Record
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Computer, 4

Storage device, 1

Work product, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Kansas newspaper editor’s home raided by local law enforcement

Incident Details

Updated On: April 1, 2024
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02122
Targets: Eric Meyer (Marion County Record), Joan Meyer (Marion County Record)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 3

Storage device, 1

Work product, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

CNN producer thrown to the ground, arrested while covering Minnesota protests

Incident Details

Updated On: March 25, 2024
Date of Incident: April 13, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Carolyn Sung (CNN)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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