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Student journalist harassed, forced to delete photos while documenting protesters

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 14, 2021
Location: Long Beach, California
Targets: Abel Reyes (Independent)

Equipment broken →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Washington Post journalist subpoenaed for documents from college reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: July 8, 2024
Date of incident: April 22, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Fenit Nirappil (Medill Innocence Project)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

April 22, 2021: Pending

May 10, 2021: Objected to

Unknown date: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Student journalist shoved to ground by state trooper while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Estelle Timar-Wilcox (The [Macalester College] Mac Weekly)

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

Student journalist hit with projectile while covering protest in Brooklyn Center

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 14, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Kori Suzuki (The [Macalester College] Mac Weekly)

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

Student journalist detained during LA election-related protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 4, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Emily Holshouser ([California State University Northridge] Daily Sundial)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Student journalist struck with crowd-control munitions amid Dodgers celebrations

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Emily Holshouser ([California State University Northridge] Daily Sundial)

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

Student photojournalist arrested, equipment seized during LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 18, 2023
Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:21-cv-08378
Targets: Pablo Unzueta ([California State University, Long Beach] Daily Forty-Niner)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 9, 2020: Charges pending

March 1, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: September 9, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

Storage device, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in part
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Sept. 10, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Student reporter detained while covering Richmond protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 26, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Andrew Ringle (The [Virginia Commonwealth University] Commonwealth Times)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Richmond Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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