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Subpoena seeking unreleased footage issued to Chicago CBS2 News reporter

Incident Details

Updated on: October 20, 2022
Date of incident: June 8, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Dave Savini (WBBM-TV)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

June 8, 2021: Pending

July 12, 2021: Objected to

April 29, 2022: Ignored
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Subpoena seeking unreleased footage issued to former editor at CBS2 News

Incident Details

Updated on: October 20, 2022
Date of incident: June 8, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Derek Dalton (WBBM-TV)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

June 8, 2021: Pending

Nov. 8, 2021: Objected to

April 29, 2022: Ignored
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

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

Block Club Chicago journalist assaulted, his camera damaged at protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Colin Boyle (Block Club Chicago)

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

Equipment broken →: Camera equipment, 2

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Freelance photographer beaten, arrested while covering Illinois protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 25, 2020
Location: Rockford, Illinois
Targets: Albert Riley Jr. (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Rockford Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting arrest

Sept. 28, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 28, 2020: Charges pending

Feb. 17, 2022: Acquitted

Assault: aggravated battery in a public way

Sept. 28, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 28, 2020: Charges pending

Feb. 17, 2022: Acquitted
Detention date →: September 25, 2020
Release date →: September 28, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Work product, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in part
Search warrant obtained →: No

Equipment broken →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photographer says was assaulted twice by Chicago police during protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 15, 2020
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Dominic Gwinn (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist’s equipment searched while reporting on Chicago protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 15, 2020
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Raven Geary (Independent)

Equipment searched or seized →: Equipment bag, 1
Search warrant obtained →: No

Washington Post journalist chased by looters in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 10, 2020
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Mark Guarino (The Washington Post)

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

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