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Photographer chased onto highway after trying to interview New Jersey funeral director

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 7, 2018
Location: Hackettstown, New Jersey
Targets: Andrew Mills (NJ Advance Media)

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

Reporter chased onto highway after trying to interview New Jersey funeral director

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 7, 2018
Location: Hackettstown, New Jersey
Targets: Stephen Stirling (NJ Advance Media)

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

Jersey City removes over 240 community newspaper boxes from streets

Incident Details

Updated On: July 13, 2018
Date of Incident: June 2018
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey

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Woman hits New Jersey reporter covering court hearing

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 3, 2018
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Targets: Taylor Tiamoyo Harris (NJ Advance Media)

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

Private security guard assaults journalist, confiscates camera during summit

Incident Details

Updated On: August 20, 2019
Date of Incident: August 3, 2019
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Targets: Charlie Kratovil (New Brunswick Today)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Media barred from public lead water crisis meeting in New Jersey

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Ras Baraka

Asbury Park Press journalist arrested covering protests, released the next day

Incident Details

Updated On: July 13, 2020
Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Asbury Park, New Jersey
Case number: 3:20-cv-08710
Targets: Gustavo Martínez Contreras (Asbury Park Press)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Asbury Park Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Jun. 1, 2020: Charges pending

Jun. 2, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: June 2, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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