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Journalist shot in the face with pepper ball at Illinois ICE facility protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 26, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Raven Geary (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Journalist tackled, arrested by federal agents at Illinois ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 27, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Steve Held (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Detention date →: September 27, 2025
Release date →: September 28, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Journalist shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Raven Geary (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Washington Post reporter’s home searched by FBI, devices seized

Incident Details

Updated on: February 24, 2026
Date of incident: January 14, 2026
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Targets: Hannah Natanson (The Washington Post)

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 2

Miscellaneous equipment, 1

Recording equipment, 1

Storage device, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 14, 2026: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Munition strikes photojournalist at LA protest, shrapnel surgically removed

Incident Details

Updated on: February 18, 2026
Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Compton, California
Case number: 26CMCV00335
Targets: Nick Stern (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Man charged with vandalizing weather radar at Oklahoma TV station

Incident Details

Updated on: February 18, 2026
Date of incident: July 6, 2025
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Targets: KWTV-DT

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

Newspaper publisher shot after dispute over caricatures

Incident Details

Updated on: February 5, 2026
Date of incident: October 4, 2023
Location: Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Targets: Bernardo Isaías Amaro Pérez (El Periodiquito)

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

NY Times Magazine writer subpoenaed over article in federal trial

Incident Details

Updated on: February 4, 2026
Date of incident: January 23, 2026
Location: Greenbelt, Maryland
Targets: Jeffrey Toobin (The New York Times Magazine)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 23, 2026: Pending

Jan. 27, 2026: Objected to

Feb. 4, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

NY Times Magazine researcher subpoenaed over article in federal trial

Incident Details

Updated on: February 3, 2026
Date of incident: January 23, 2026
Location: Greenbelt, Maryland
Targets: Rudy Lee (The New York Times Magazine)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 23, 2026: Pending

Jan. 27, 2026: Objected to

Feb. 3, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reporter for Knock LA arrested with colleague while covering Echo Park protest in LA

Incident Details

Updated on: February 2, 2026
Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:22-cv-03106
Targets: Kate Gallagher (Knock LA)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: March 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Knock LA reporter arrested while covering Echo Park protest, charged with failure to disperse

Incident Details

Updated on: February 2, 2026
Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:22-cv-03106
Targets: Jonathan Peltz (Knock LA)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: March 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Nevada judge briefly restricts media coverage of high-profile trial

Incident Details

Updated on: January 28, 2026
Date of incident: January 13, 2026
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Media

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Photojournalist pulled into secondary screening at border

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 5, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Mark Abramson (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Student photojournalist stopped at US-Mexico border for secondary screening

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: December 29, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Bing Guan (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Searched without seizure
Search warrant obtained →: No

Photojournalist questioned at San Ysidro border

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: December 30, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Ariana Drehsler (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Photojournalist questioned at U.S.-Mexico border for second time

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 2, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Ariana Drehsler (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Photojournalist questioned at San Ysidro border, separated from camera

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 4, 2019
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Ariana Drehsler (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Journalist denied entry into Mexico found on government’s secret database

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 17, 2019
Location: Montreal, Canada
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Kitra Cahana (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Montréal–Trudeau International Airport
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Photojournalist questioned by CBP in Detroit after being denied entry to Mexico

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: January 18, 2019
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Kitra Cahana (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Photojournalist stopped at US-Mexico border for secondary screening

Incident Details

Updated on: January 26, 2026
Date of incident: December 29, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Case number: 1:19-cv-06570
Targets: Go Nakamura (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: San Ysidro Port of Entry
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Searched without seizure
Search warrant obtained →: No

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