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Freelance photojournalist arrested at anti-deportation protest in Indiana

Incident Details

Updated on: March 27, 2025
Date of incident: January 18, 2025
Location: Gary, Indiana
Targets: Matthew Kaplan (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Gary Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Jan. 18, 2025: Charges pending

March 27, 2025: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting law enforcement

Jan. 18, 2025: Charges pending

March 27, 2025: Charges dropped

Trespassing: criminal trespass

Jan. 18, 2025: Charges pending

March 27, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: January 18, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Student journalist injured in targeted attack at UCLA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 24, 2025
Date of incident: May 1, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 25STCV08969
Targets: Catherine Hamilton ([UCLA] Daily Bruin)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Editor struck, sprayed with chemical irritant at UCLA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 24, 2025
Date of incident: May 1, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 25STCV08969
Targets: Dolores Quintana (Santa Monica Mirror)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist arrested covering Dallas protests, camera equipment seized

Incident Details

Updated on: March 19, 2025
Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Case number: 3:22-cv-01132
Targets: Christopher Rusanowsky (Zuma Press)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Dallas Police Department
Charges →: Traffic violation: obstructing a highway or passageway

May 31, 2020: Charges pending

July 1, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: May 30, 2020
Release date →: May 31, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 4
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Judge orders Oregonian to destroy Nike lawsuit documents

Incident Details

Updated on: March 18, 2025
Date of incident: January 26, 2024
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: The Oregonian

Status of prior restraint →: Upheld
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Independent journalist ordered to turn over phone, laptop in defamation case

Incident Details

Updated on: March 17, 2025
Date of incident: August 26, 2021
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Targets: Kevin Brookman (We The People — Hartford)

Legal orders →: Motion to compel for communications or work product

Aug. 26, 2021: Upheld

Oct. 5, 2021: Objected to

Oct. 20, 2021: Upheld

Nov. 24, 2021: Objected to

March 5, 2025: Pending

March 17, 2025: Upheld
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Student journalist arrested while covering Stanford protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 13, 2025
Date of incident: June 5, 2024
Location: Stanford, California
Targets: Dilan Gohill (The Stanford Daily)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Stanford Department of Public Safety
Charges →: Theft: burglary

June 5, 2024: Charges pending

March 6, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: June 5, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

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

New York newspaper to sue Nassau County, alleging retaliation for coverage

Incident Details

Updated on: March 6, 2025
Date of incident: June 2024
Location: Melville, New York
Case number: 2:25-cv-01297
Targets: Newsday
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Photographer says he was targeted by police with projectiles and tear gas during Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist says Portland police seized GoPro as ‘evidence’ during protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Alex Milan Tracy (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Photojournalist struck multiple times by crowd-control munitions fired by federal agents

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: July 12, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Freelance photojournalist hit by police paint projectile while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 7, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Alex Milan Tracy (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Portland journalist arrested, his equipment damaged and seized

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: July 1, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Justin Yau (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 17, 2020: Charges dropped

Rioting

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 17, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

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

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

Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter shoved by Portland police

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Sergio Olmos (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Independent journalist pushed, hit with munitions by police while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Tuck Woodstock (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Portland photojournalist struck with pepper balls while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 19, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: John Rudoff (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Independent photojournalist hit projectiles fired by Portland federal agents

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: July 19, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: John Rudoff (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

More than 75 Lee Enterprises newspapers affected by cyberattack

Incident Details

Updated on: February 27, 2025
Date of incident: February 3, 2025
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Targets: Lee Enterprises

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Mississippi newspaper ordered to remove editorial critical of city officials

Incident Details

Updated on: February 26, 2025
Date of incident: February 18, 2025
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: The Clarksdale Press Register

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Freelance journalist shoved, arrested while filming police in Arizona

Incident Details

Updated on: February 25, 2025
Date of incident: May 16, 2023
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Case number: 2:25-cv-00637
Targets: Lucas Mullikin (Freelance)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Yuma Police Department
Charges →: Failure to obey: obedience to officers

May 16, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2024: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting arrest

May 16, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2023: Charges pending

Sept. 19, 2024: Charges dropped
Detention date →: May 16, 2023
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

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