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Journalist Adam Schrader arrested at Standing Rock

Incident Details

Updated On: August 21, 2017
Date of Incident: October 27, 2016
Location: Morton County, North Dakota
Targets: Adam Schrader (Independent)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Morton County Sheriff's Department
Charges →: Endangerment: endangering by fire or explosion

Oct. 17, 2016: Charges pending

Nov. 1, 2016: Charges dropped

Obstruction: maintaining a public nuisance

Oct. 27, 2016: Charges pending

Aug. 21, 2017: Charges dropped

Rioting: engaging in a riot

Oct. 27, 2016: Charges pending

Aug. 21, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Recording equipment, 1

Work product, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Unknown
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Independent video journalist assaulted, arrested in St. Louis protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:18-cv-01566
Targets: Demetrius Thomas (Independent)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sep. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Damage

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Unknown
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Law enforcement

Man robs and briefly kidnaps NBC affiliate reporter at gunpoint

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Kennewick, Washington
Targets: Unidentified reporter 1 (NBC Right Now)

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

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WCCO photojournalist shot with rubber bullet, arrested in Minneapolis

Incident Details

Updated On: July 22, 2020
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Tom Aviles (WCCO-TV)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Iowa judge seizes memory card from student photojournalist for violating court rules during murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 21, 2021
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 12 (The Daily Iowan)

Equipment Seized →: Storage device, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Unknown
Search Warrant Obtained →: No
Actor who seized equipment →: Public figure