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Deputy editor subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: June 2, 2022
Date of Incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Max Nesterak (Minnesota Reformer)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Mar. 18, 2022: Pending

May. 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Reporter subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: June 2, 2022
Date of Incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Andy Mannix (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Mar. 18, 2022: Pending

May. 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Journalist subpoenaed in connection with blinded photojournalist’s lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: June 2, 2022
Date of Incident: March 18, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Jared Goyette (Freelance)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Mar. 18, 2022: Pending

May. 26, 2022: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Multimedia journalist subpoenaed by grand jury

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 9, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Tina MacIntyre-Yee (Democrat and Chronicle)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Dec. 9, 2020: Pending

Dec. 16, 2020: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalist hit with pepper ball, sprayed with chemical irritant while covering protest in Omaha

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 22, 2020
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Targets: Ross Mosier (Kualdom Creations)

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

Photojournalist’s camera damaged during arrest in Portland

Incident Details

Updated On: January 31, 2021
Date of Incident: November 5, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Clementson Supriyadi (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Oregon State Police
Charges →: Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

Nov. 5, 2020: Charges pending

Jan. 31, 2021: Charges dropped

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Nov. 5, 2020: Charges pending

Jan. 31, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Police shove Wall Street Journal reporter during post-election protest in New York

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 5, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Katie Honan (Wall Street Journal)

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

Police shove 1010 WINS reporter during post-election protest in New York

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 5, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Roger Stern (1010 WINS)

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

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