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AP photojournalist assaulted during Capitol riot

Incident Details

Updated On: July 25, 2022
Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: John Minchillo (The Associated Press)

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

Treasury employee charged with leaking details of Manafort's suspicious bank transactions to BuzzFeed News

Incident Details

Updated On: January 24, 2022
Date of Incident: October 16, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

Charged under Espionage Act →: No

Vocativ journalist charged with rioting in Washington, D.C.

Incident Details

Updated On: September 17, 2021
Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Evan Engel (Vocativ)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Dropped Charges →: Rioting
Release Date →: January 21, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Mobile phone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

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

Reporter Alex Stokes charged with rioting at Trump inauguration protest

Incident Details

Updated On: September 17, 2021
Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:18-cv-00120
Targets: Alex Stokes (Independent)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Dropped Charges →: Rioting
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 2

Mobile phone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Journalist questioned at Dulles International Airport

Incident Details

Updated On: June 28, 2021
Date of Incident: January 3, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:17-cv-11730
Targets: Isma’il Kushkush
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Border Point →: Dulles International Airport
Stopped at border? →: Yes
Target Nationality →: Sudan

United States
US Citizenship Status of Target →: U.S. citizen
Denied Entry? →: No
Stopped Previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked to display social media? →: Unknown
Asked for social media passwords? →: Unknown
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes
Were devices searched or seized? →: Yes

Equipment Seized →: Mobile phone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Rioters rush broadcasters, destroy German outlet’s equipment

Incident Details

Updated On: June 24, 2021
Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: ZDF

Equipment Broken →: Lighting unit, 1

Live unit, 1

Mobile phone, 2

External microphone, 1

Rioters rush broadcasters, destroy Associated Press, other media equipment

Incident Details

Updated On: June 24, 2021
Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The Associated Press

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 2

External microphone, 2

Cords. various, 1

Lighting unit, 2

Storage unit, 2

Tripod, 2

Shay Horse arrested at Trump inauguration protest

Incident Details

Updated On: April 26, 2021
Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:17-cv-01216
Targets: Shay Horse (Independent)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Status of Charges →: Charges dropped
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Dropped Charges →: Rioting
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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