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Intercept reporter told “You are not a journalist” when stopped by border officials

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Nogales, Arizona
Targets: Ryan Devereaux (The Intercept)

Border point →: Nogales-Morley Gate Port of Entry
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: No
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: No

Photojournalist stopped, strip searched while crossing back into U.S.

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 30, 2021
Location: Nogales, Arizona
Targets: Ash Ponders (Independent)

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

FBI drops 'unconstitutional' subpoena for USA Today readership information

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 29, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: USA Today

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

April 29, 2021: Pending

June 5, 2021: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
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 ([Northwestern University] Medill Investigative Lab)

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

Reporter detained by LA deputies while trying to re-enter press conference

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 20, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Cerise Castle (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Boston Globe reporter subpoenaed a second time in condo dispute

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 20, 2021
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Jon Chesto (The Boston Globe)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 20, 2021: Pending

April 28, 2021: Objected to

May 10, 2021: Ignored

Aug. 13, 2021: Pending

Aug. 24, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 11, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

April 20, 2021: Pending

April 28, 2021: Objected to

May 10, 2021: Ignored

Aug. 13, 2021: Pending

Aug. 24, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 11, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Judge orders New Mexico public school district to pay news outlets for violating state public records act

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 19, 2021
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Targets: Albuquerque Journal, KOB

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USA Today photojournalist detained during Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Jasper Colt (USA Today)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Brooklyn Center Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Photojournalist hit with multiple crowd-control munitions during Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: PJ Docs (Independent)

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

Minneapolis Star Tribune photojournalist and colleague detained in Brooklyn Center

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Renée Jones Schneider (Minnesota Star Tribune)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Brooklyn Center Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Photojournalist assaulted, detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Updated on: September 12, 2025
Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Tim Evans (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photojournalist threatened, assaulted by Minnesota State Patrol while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Updated on: September 12, 2025
Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Chris Tuite (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Photojournalist for Status Coup shoved, pulled by law enforcement officers

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Jon Farina (Status Coup)

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

Reuters photojournalist detained at Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Leah Millis (Reuters)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

WCCO reporter detained while covering protest in Brooklyn Center

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Reg Chapman (WCCO-TV)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist detained, shoved while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: J.D. Duggan (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist detained, ‘tackled’ by law enforcement in Brooklyn Center

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Joshua Rashaad McFadden (The New York Times)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Student journalist shoved to ground by state trooper while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Estelle Timar-Wilcox (The [Macalester College] Mac Weekly)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

AFP photojournalist, news crew pepper-sprayed at Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Chandan Khanna (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

AFP correspondent, news crew pepper-sprayed while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Eléonore Sens (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

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