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Photojournalist threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Barry Chin (The Boston Globe)

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

Boston Globe reporter threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Niki Griswold (The Boston Globe)

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

Photographer shot with crowd-control munitions at Southern California protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2025
Location: Camarillo, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 40 (KABC-TV)

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

Man charged with vandalizing weather radar at Oklahoma TV station

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 6, 2025
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Targets: KWTV-DT

Equipment broken →: Weather radar, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Videographer struck with projectiles by federal officers at Oregon ICE protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)

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

Blake Lively subpoenas Google for journalists’ account information

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 3, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Andy Signore (Popcorned Planet), Katie Paulson (Without A Crystal Ball), Kjersti Flaa (FlaawsomeTalk)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 31, 2025: Objected to

Aug. 4, 2025: Dropped

subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 26, 2025: Dropped

subpoena for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

July 26, 2025: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: Google (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

YouTuber subpoenaed by Blake Lively for communications with Justin Baldoni

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Popcorned Planet

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 2, 2025: Pending

July 25, 2025: Objected to
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Photojournalist arrested while covering scene of Northern California fire

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2, 2025
Location: Esparto, California
Targets: Richard Grant (San Francisco Chronicle)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Charges →: Trespassing: unauthorized entry into a closed emergency area

July 2, 2025: Charges pending
Detention date →: July 2, 2025
Release date →: July 3, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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