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Connecticut reporter arrested and briefly detained while covering demonstration

May 13, 2019

Hearst Connecticut Media reporter Tara O’Neill was arrested while covering a demonstration in Bridgeport and briefly held in police custody …

Sacramento photojournalist pushed to the ground by police while covering protest, his camera damaged

March 13, 2019

A Sacramento police officer shoved Sacramento Bee Senior Photographer Hector Amezcua to the ground with his bicycle during a protest …

Three journalists arrested while covering Stephon Clark protest in Sacramento

March 13, 2019

Three journalists were arrested on March 4, in Sacramento, California, as police blocked off exits and began arresting those associated …

Protesters threaten Fox News host Tucker Carlson during demonstration outside his house

November 9, 2018

Police are investigating the incident as a “suspected hate crime” motivated by “anti-political” bias

Karen Savage arrested in Louisiana in September

Journalist Karen Savage arrested for second time while covering anti-pipeline protest in Louisiana

October 26, 2018

Savage was also arrested while covering anti-pipeline protests in August 2018.

Grand jury subpoenas independent journalist for video footage of D.C. protest

September 12, 2018

Luke Kuhn, an independent journalist and contributor to anarchist news outlet It’s Going Down, was served a grand jury subpoena …

Freelance reporter Karen Savage arrested for felony trespassing while covering anti-pipeline protest in Louisiana

October 26, 2018

On August 18, 2018, freelance investigative reporter Karen Savage was arrested under a felony trespassing law, while reporting on protests against the construction of the Bayou Bridge oil pipeline in Louisiana. At the time, Savage was on assignment for The Appeal, a progressive news site focused on criminal justice issues.Savage was embedded with a camp of protesters, known as water protectors, who were aiming to defend a piece of land in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River Basin, a wetlands area co-owned by …

Demonstrators damage TV journalist’s camera in Charlottesville

August 13, 2018

Gary Cooper, a journalist with North Carolina TV station WTVD, was filming a crowd of demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on …

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Connecticut reporter arrested and briefly detained while covering demonstration

Sacramento photojournalist pushed to the ground by police while covering protest, his camera damaged

Three journalists arrested while covering Stephon Clark protest in Sacramento

Protesters threaten Fox News host Tucker Carlson during demonstration outside his house

Journalist Karen Savage arrested for second time while covering anti-pipeline protest in Louisiana

Grand jury subpoenas independent journalist for video footage of D.C. protest

Freelance reporter Karen Savage arrested for felony trespassing while covering anti-pipeline protest in Louisiana

Demonstrators damage TV journalist’s camera in Charlottesville

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