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Filmmaker sues St. Louis police for assault, arrest while covering protest

Incident Details

Updated on: August 3, 2023
Date of incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Fareed Alston (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 17, 2017
Release date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Camera equipment, 1

External battery, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Third subpoena issued for independent journalist’s phone records

Incident Details

Updated on: April 8, 2025
Date of incident: September 28, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 28, 2017: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: AT&T (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: State

Independent livestreamer, Heather De Mian, pepper sprayed by St. Louis police

Incident Details

Updated on: November 16, 2023
Date of incident: September 29, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:18-cv-01680
Targets: Heather De Mian (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer, Christian Gooden, pepper-sprayed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 29, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Christian Gooden (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Other Incident

Reporter flagged for additional screening when leaving the U.S., questioned about work

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 30, 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Anonymous reporter 2

Border point →: John F. Kennedy 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

Indiana high school implements policy of prior review after controversial publication

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 2017
Location: Plainfield, Indiana
Targets: [Plainfield High School] Quaker Shaker

Other Incident

The Young Turks reporter Jordan Chariton arrested in St. Louis

Incident Details

Updated on: October 4, 2018
Date of incident: October 3, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Jordan Chariton (The Young Turks)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Oct. 4, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 4, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention date →: October 3, 2017
Release date →: October 4, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

The Young Turks cameraman Ty Bayliss arrested in St. Louis

Incident Details

Updated on: October 4, 2018
Date of incident: October 3, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Ty Bayliss (The Young Turks)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Oct. 4, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 4, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention date →: October 3, 2017
Release date →: October 4, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Independent journalist Jon Ziegler arrested in St. Louis for second time

Incident Details

Updated on: October 4, 2018
Date of incident: October 3, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Jon Ziegler (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Oct. 4, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 4, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Freelance photographer Daniel Shular arrested in St. Louis

Incident Details

Updated on: October 4, 2018
Date of incident: October 3, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Daniel Shular (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Oct. 4, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 4, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention date →: October 3, 2017
Release date →: October 4, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 2

Camera lens, 2
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

People's World reporter Al Neal arrested and jailed for over 24 hours

Incident Details

Updated on: October 4, 2018
Date of incident: October 3, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Al Neal (People's World)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Oct. 4, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 4, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention date →: October 3, 2017
Release date →: October 4, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Independent journalist Aminah Ali arrested in St. Louis

Incident Details

Updated on: October 4, 2018
Date of incident: October 3, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Aminah Ali (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Oct. 4, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 4, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention date →: October 3, 2017
Release date →: October 4, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Fourth subpoena issued for independent journalist’s phone records

Incident Details

Updated on: April 8, 2025
Date of incident: October 6, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 6, 2017: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: AT&T (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: State

Trump calls NBC ‘fake news’ and suggests FCC should challenge its broadcast license

Incident Details

Updated on: February 1, 2018
Date of incident: October 11, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: NBC News

Chilling Statement

Pentagon spokesman says he doesn’t consider Intercept contributor a ‘legitimate journalist’

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 2017
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Nick Turse (Independent)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Other

Journalist Jamie Kalven subpoenaed to testify in Laquan McDonald murder case

Incident Details

Updated on: February 7, 2018
Date of incident: October 16, 2017
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Jamie Kalven (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Oct. 16, 2017: Pending

Oct. 17, 2017: Ignored

Nov. 3, 2017: Objected to

Dec. 13, 2017: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Montana GOP official says she 'would have shot' Guardian reporter who was assaulted by Rep. Gianforte

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 19, 2017
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Targets: Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)

Chilling Statement

Photojournalist stopped second time by CBP in less than a year

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 25, 2017
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: David Degner (Freelance)

Border point →: Boston Logan International 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? →: Unknown

Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark arrested while covering Republican candidate for Virginia governor

Incident Details

Updated on: February 13, 2018
Date of incident: October 28, 2017
Location: Annandale, Virginia
Targets: Mike Stark (Shareblue Media)

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

Oct. 28, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 13, 2018: Charges dropped

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Oct. 28, 2017: Charges pending

Feb. 13, 2018: Convicted
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Jon Ziegler attacked by white nationalist protesters in Tennessee

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 28, 2017
Location: Shelbyville, Tennessee
Targets: Jon Ziegler (Independent)

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

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