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The Daily Mail blocked from media center, trial exhibits in Chauvin trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 24, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Daily Mail

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: State Court
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list, Other

Journalist hit with police baton, lens damaged while covering Echo Park Lake protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 24, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Status Coup)

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

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

Arson attack forces California TV station KGET TV 17 to take the news off-air

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 21, 2021
Location: Bakersfield, California
Targets: KGET-TV

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Dakota Pipeline operator subpoenas Unicorn Riot over coverage of demonstrations

Incident Details

Updated on: July 16, 2025
Date of incident: March 17, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Unicorn Riot

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 17, 2021: Pending

March 24, 2021: Objected to

Dec. 16, 2022: Quashed

Sept. 27, 2023: Objected to

May 6, 2024: Quashed

Aug. 6, 2024: Objected to

July 16, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Dakota Pipeline operator subpoenas Unicorn Riot reporter over coverage of demonstrations

Incident Details

Updated on: July 16, 2025
Date of incident: March 17, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Niko Georgiades (Unicorn Riot)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 17, 2021: Pending

March 24, 2021: Objected to

Dec. 16, 2022: Quashed

Sept. 27, 2023: Objected to

May 6, 2024: Quashed

Aug. 6, 2024: Objected to

July 16, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Independent journalist shoved by police during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 13, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Independent)

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

Law enforcement agencies photograph journalists and their IDs as they cover protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 12, 2021
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Journalist hit multiple times with projectiles while covering Portland protest around a proposed oil pipeline

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)

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

Researcher documenting Portland protests hit by pepper ball

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Juniper Simonis (Independent)

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

Local journalist hit with pepper balls while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: James Croxton (Double Sided Media)

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

Judge quashes subpoena of AP reporter in Idaho criminal case

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 10, 2021
Location: Boise, Idaho
Targets: Keith Ridler (The Associated Press)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 10, 2021: Pending

March 11, 2021: Objected to

March 15, 2021: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

March 10, 2021: Pending

March 11, 2021: Objected to

March 15, 2021: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Justice Department secretly obtained Project Veritas journalist’s email information

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 9, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Unidentified journalist 16 (Project Veritas)

Legal orders →: 2703(d) court order for communications or work product

March 9, 2021: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Microsoft (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Independent videographer struck with batons while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 8, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Vishal Singh (Independent)

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

Justice Department secretly obtained emails from three Project Veritas journalists

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 5, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Unidentified journalist 13 (Project Veritas), Unidentified journalist 14 (Project Veritas), Unidentified journalist 15 (Project Veritas)

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

March 5, 2021: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Microsoft (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

San Francisco TV reporter robbed at gunpoint while recording interview

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 3, 2021
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Don Ford (KPIX-TV)

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

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

Videojournalist hit by bike police while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2024
Date of incident: February 27, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:23-cv-01870
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist assaulted while covering Andrew Yang mayoral campaign

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 26, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)

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

Photographer assaulted while documenting anti-police protest in Manhattan

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 12, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Sam Costanza ([New York] Daily News)

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

Florida county commission passes resolution sarcastically ‘honoring’ journalist who wrote critically of it

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 9, 2021
Location: Brevard County, Florida
Targets: Isadora Rangel (Florida Today)

Chilling Statement

Armed robbers steal San Francisco TV crew video camera

Incident Details

Updated on: June 1, 2022
Date of incident: February 6, 2021
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Unidentified journalist 8 (KNTV)

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

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

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