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Senior reporter ordered to testify in assault trial connected to BLM protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 18, 2021
Date of incident: August 5, 2021
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Targets: Dylan Brogan (Isthmus)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 5, 2021: Pending

Sept. 7, 2021: Objected to

Sept. 9, 2021: Upheld

Oct. 15, 2021: Objected to

Oct. 18, 2021: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Broadcast reporter ordered to testify in assault trial connected to BLM protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 18, 2021
Date of incident: August 5, 2021
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Targets: Lance Veeser (WKOW)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 5, 2021: Pending

Sept. 7, 2021: Objected to

Sept. 9, 2021: Upheld

Oct. 18, 2021: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Radio reporter ordered to testify in assault trial connected to BLM protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 18, 2021
Date of incident: August 5, 2021
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Targets: Chali Pittman (WORT-FM)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 5, 2021: Pending

Sept. 7, 2021: Objected to

Sept. 9, 2021: Upheld

Oct. 15, 2021: Objected to

Oct. 18, 2021: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Parent accosts Michigan journalist after school board meeting

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 2, 2021
Location: Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Targets: Eric Baerren (Mount Pleasant Morning Sun)

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

Independent videographer punched while covering anti-vaccine protest in LA

Incident Details

Updated on: February 14, 2022
Date of incident: July 29, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Vishal Singh (Independent)

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

Cameraman and journalist for Polish TV station chased from DC’s Lafayette park during protest for Cuba

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 26, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Marcin Wyszogrodzki (TVN Discovery)

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

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

Journalists for Polish news station were assaulted, chased out of DC’s Lafayette Square park during Cuba protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 26, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Marcin Wrona (TVN Discovery)

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

Discovery Channel subpoenaed for documentary footage in criminal case

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 26, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Discovery Inc.

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 26, 2021: Pending

July 27, 2021: Objected to

June 27, 2022: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

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