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Independent livestreamer kicked while reporting in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 12, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Jen Patrice (Independent)

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

Unicorn Riot journalist attacked while reporting in Charlottesville

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 11, 2017
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Christopher Schiano (Unicorn Riot)

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

Fox News host soaked with water at Brooklyn bar

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 24, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Katherine Timpf (Fox News)

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

Photojournalist Brooke Anderson struck with baton by Berkeley police officer while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 20, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Brooke Anderson (Independent)

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

Alpha News reporter Preya Samsundar attacked by protesters in Minnesota

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 10, 2017
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Preya Samsundar (Alpha News)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

GOP Congressional candidate assaults Guardian U.S. reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: November 17, 2017
Date of incident: May 24, 2017
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Targets: Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

FCC security guards pin reporter against wall as he tries to ask FCC commissioner a question

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 18, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: John Donnelly (CQ Roll Call)

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

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Other

Alaska state senator slaps journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2, 2017
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Targets: Nathaniel Herz (Alaska Dispatch News)

Assailant →: Politician
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

TV reporter charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2017
Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Ben Hall (WTVF)

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

Photojournalist charged at by man with ax while covering eviction

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2017
Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Bob Stinnett (WTVF)

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

Tennessee man threatens three journalists with ax; charges later dropped

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 26, 2017
Location: Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Targets: Kevin Wisniewski (WTVF)

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

Egyptian talk show host slapped on the back of the neck

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 3, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Youssef al-Hosiny (Cairo Time [Egypt])

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

OC Weekly photographer Julie Leopo attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Julie Leopo (OC Weekly)

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

OC Weekly photographer Brian Feinzimer attacked at pro-Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2017
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Brian Feinzimer (OC Weekly)

Assailant →: Private individual
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

Journalist Tonita Cervantes arrested at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated on: March 1, 2024
Date of incident: February 22, 2017
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Case number: 1:22-cv-00211
Targets: Tonita Cervantes (Freelance)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Morton County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Obstruction: physical obstruction of a government function

Feb. 23, 2017: Charges pending

April 27, 2017: Charges dropped

May 25, 2017: Pending appeal

July 9, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: February 22, 2017
Release date →: February 23, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1

Cellphone, 1

External battery, 1

Storage device, 14
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

DNAinfo reporter Noah Hurowitz accosted by 'Proud Boy' at NYU protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 2, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Noah Hurowitz (DNAinfo)

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

Equipment damaged →: Press identification, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Gothamist reporter Jake Offenhartz attacked by 'Proud Boy' protester

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 2, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Jake Offenhartz (Gothamist)

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

Washington Post reporter thrown to ground by police at Inauguration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Dalton Bennett (The Washington Post)

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

Shay Horse arrested at Trump inauguration protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 26, 2021
Date of incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:17-cv-01216
Targets: Shay Horse (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Jan. 21, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 1, 2017: Charges dropped
Release date →: January 21, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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