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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

Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: March 22, 2024
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade)

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

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

Apr. 19, 2023: Convicted

Apr. 19, 2023: Pending appeal

Jun. 16, 2023: Convicted

Mar. 22, 2024: Pending appeal
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalist arrested while covering North Carolina homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: March 22, 2024
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Veronica Coit (The Asheville Blade)

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

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

Apr. 19, 2023: Convicted

Apr. 19, 2023: Pending appeal

Jun. 16, 2023: Convicted

Mar. 22, 2024: Pending appeal
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

AP photojournalist assaulted by bystander during event in Philadelphia

Incident Details

Updated On: March 21, 2024
Date of Incident: June 4, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Matt Rourke (The Associated Press)

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

Podcaster arrested, assaulted at NYC protest

Incident Details

Updated On: March 4, 2024
Date of Incident: February 10, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Reed Dunlea (Scene Report)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: New York Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting arrest

Feb. 10, 2024: Charges pending

Mar. 4, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: February 10, 2024
Release Date →: February 11, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Broken →: Recording equipment, 2
Actor →: Law enforcement

New Yorker reporter subpoenaed by federal government in criminal trial

Incident Details

Updated On: March 4, 2024
Date of Incident: February 15, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Eric Lach (The New Yorker)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 15, 2024: Pending

Feb. 19, 2024: Objected to

Mar. 4, 2024: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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