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MLK50 journalist files lawsuit to regain access to Memphis mayor’s media list

Incident Details

Updated On: April 30, 2021
Date of Incident: May 13, 2020
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Case number: 2:20-cv-02343
Targets: Wendi C. Thomas (MLK50)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: Mayor Jim Strickland

Knoxville News Sentinel says reporter barred from coronavirus Zoom press briefing in apparent retaliation

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 8, 2020
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Targets: Vincent Gabrielle (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: County Communications Director Mike Donila

Tennessee lawmaker introduces bill to declare CNN, Washington Post ‘fake news’

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 29, 2020
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: CNN, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

Montgomery County Commission sued for ban on livestreaming chamber proceedings

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 12, 2019
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Targets: Media

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: Montgomery County Commission

Journalist assaulted, pushed to the ground while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 19, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Luke Jones (WREG-TV)

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

Journalist assaulted while covering protest in Memphis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 12, 2019
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Patrick Niedzwiedz (WATN-TV)

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

Tennessee Highway Patrol blocks reporters from covering protest, threaten with arrest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2019
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Joel Ebert (The Tennessean), Kyle Horan (WTVF NewsChannel 5), Natalie Allison (The Tennessean), Sergio Martínez-Beltrán (Nashville Public Radio)

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: State Troopers

Journalist Manuel Duran, arrested while covering immigration protest, could be deported by ICE

Incident Details

Updated On: March 24, 2022
Date of Incident: April 3, 2018
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Manuel Duran (Memphis Noticias)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Memphis Police Department
Charges →: Blocking traffic: obstructing a highway or passageway

Apr. 3, 2018: Charges pending

Apr. 5, 2018: Charges dropped

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Apr. 3, 2018: Charges pending

Apr. 5, 2018: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: April 3, 2018
Release Date →: July 11, 2019
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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