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Freelance photographer hit with rubber bullets in Detroit, officer charged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 21, 2024
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Seth Herald (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

MLive photographer hit with rubber bullets in Detroit; officer charged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 21, 2024
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Nicole Hester (MLive)

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

Weapons aimed at Free Press journalists covering Detroit protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: M.L. Elrick (Detroit Free Press)

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

Free Press journalists say they were targeted with chemical irritants while covering Detroit protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: David Jesse (Detroit Free Press)

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

Free Press journalists targeted with chemical irritants while covering Detroit protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: J.C. Reindl (Detroit Free Press)

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

Detroit police officer aims weapon at Free Press journalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Branden Hunter (Detroit Free Press)

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

Independent photographer stopped for secondary screening, devices seized

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 28, 2019
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Tim Stegmaier (Independent)

Border point →: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
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 →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1

Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

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

Radio reporter Mike Campbell attacked in Detroit

Incident Details

Updated on: September 16, 2019
Date of incident: August 2, 2018
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Mike Campbell (WWJ-AM)

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

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

TV photojournalist attacked by man wielding a metal baton, news vehicle damaged

Incident Details

Updated on: September 16, 2019
Date of incident: August 2, 2018
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Mike Krotche (WXYZ-TV)

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

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

Local TV reporter attacked in Detroit by man wielding a metal baton

Incident Details

Updated on: September 16, 2019
Date of incident: August 2, 2018
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Nia Harden (WXYZ-TV)

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

Former Michigan county judge sues newspaper, attempts to compel editor to reveal sources

Incident Details

Updated on: June 21, 2019
Date of incident: April 9, 2018
Location: Saugatuk, Michigan
Targets: Michael Gallagher (The Local Observer), The Local Observer

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Customs officers search reporter’s car and phone at Canadian border

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 3, 2017
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Anne Elizabeth Moore (Freelance)

Border point →: Ambassador Bridge 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

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Vehicle, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No