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Photojournalist arrested covering Dallas protests, camera equipment seized

Incident Details

Updated On: May 23, 2022
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Case number: 3:22-cv-01132
Targets: Christopher Rusanowsky (ZUMA Press)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

May. 31, 2020: Charges pending

Jul. 1, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: May 31, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 4
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Citizen journalist arrested for publishing information before local police

Incident Details

Updated On: November 1, 2021
Date of Incident: December 13, 2017
Location: Laredo, Texas
Case number: 5:19-cv-00048
Targets: Priscilla Villarreal (Independent)
Case Status: Appealed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Laredo Police Department
Charges →: Misuse of official information

Dec. 13, 2017: Charges pending

Mar. 28, 2018: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Dec. 5, 2017: Pending

Dec. 13, 2017: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Freelance journalist struck by projectiles, then arrested while covering protest on Dallas bridge

Incident Details

Updated On: October 26, 2021
Date of Incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Case number: 3:21-cv-02649
Targets: Steven Monacelli (Dallas Voice)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Dallas Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Journalists barred from asylum hearings held in tent courts at border

Incident Details

Updated On: December 29, 2019
Date of Incident: September 11, 2019
Location: Laredo, Texas
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Department of Homeland Security

ICE denies parole to Mexican journalist seeking asylum

Incident Details

Updated On: September 13, 2017
Date of Incident: March 28, 2017
Location: El Paso, Texas
Targets: Martín Méndez Pineda

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University of Texas journalist attacked at immigrant rights protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 1, 2017
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Chase Karacostas (The Daily Texan)

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

Man intentionally crashes truck into local TV station in Dallas, Texas

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 5, 2018
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: KDFW Fox 4

Equipment Broken →: Building, 1

Cameraman, other reporters attacked at Trump rally

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 11, 2019
Location: El Paso, Texas
Targets: Ron Skeans (BBC News)

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

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