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Photojournalists for Review-Journal arrested while covering Las Vegas protest

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Updated On: November 4, 2020
Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Ellen Schmidt (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May. 30, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 4, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist arrested covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated On: October 28, 2020
Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Bridget Bennett (Agence France-Presse)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May. 30, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 28, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Nevada judge orders online journalist to reveal sources, says not protected by shield law

Incident Details

Updated On: June 15, 2020
Date of Incident: March 4, 2019
Location: Carson City, Nevada
Targets: Sam Toll (The Storey Teller)

Legal Orders →: Motion to compel for testimony about confidential source

Mar. 4, 2019: Upheld

Mar. 18, 2019: Objected to

Mar. 19, 2020: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Las Vegas judge orders Review-Journal and AP not to report on publicly-available autopsy report

Incident Details

Updated On: February 27, 2018
Date of Incident: February 9, 2018
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Associated Press

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Photojournalist Nebyou Solomon arrested at Trump rally

Incident Details

Updated On: April 17, 2019
Date of Incident: April 15, 2017
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Case number: 2:19-cv-00652
Targets: Nebyou Solomon (8 News Now)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Apr. 15, 2017: Charges pending

Apr. 17, 2019: Charges dropped

Obstruction: obstruction of a police officer

Apr. 15, 2017: Charges pending

Apr. 17, 2019: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No