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Photojournalist arrested covering Dallas protests, camera equipment seized

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Updated On: May 23, 2022
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Case number: 3:22-cv-01132
Targets: Christopher Rusanowsky (ZUMA Press)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

May. 31, 2020: Charges pending

Jul. 1, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: May 31, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 4
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Reporter on assignment for New York Times targeted by law enforcement with tear gas, foam projectiles at Dallas protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Marina Trahan Martinez (The New York Times)

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

Central Track editor hit with flash-bang grenade while covering Dallas protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Pete Freedman (Central Track)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Dallas Morning News reporters targeted by law enforcement with tear gas

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Jesus Jiménez (Dallas Morning News)

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

Dallas Morning News reporters targeted by state trooper with tear gas

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Corbett Smith (Dallas Morning News)

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

As CBS Channel 11 prepared to go live in Dallas, an officer tossed a tear gas canister toward the news crew

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Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Steve Pickett (KTVT)

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

Photojournalist targeted with tear gas while covering Dallas protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Bret Kelly (KTVT)

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

Journalist subpoenaed for communications in ongoing defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 29, 2020
Location: Sherman, Texas
Targets: Cassandra Fairbanks (Gateway Pundit)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 29, 2020: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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