New York Post reporter assaulted by man being evicted from encampment #encampment Show More Incident Details Date of Incident March 28, 2022 Location New York, New York Targets Kevin Sheehan (New York Post) Assault Assailant → Private individual Was the journalist targeted? → Yes
New York Post photographer assaulted by man being evicted from encampment #encampment Show More Incident Details Date of Incident March 28, 2022 Location New York, New York Targets G.N. Miller (New York Post) Assault Assailant → Private individual Was the journalist targeted? → Yes Equipment Damage Equipment Broken → Camera, 1
Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction #encampment Show More Incident Details Updated On May 3, 2023 Date of Incident December 25, 2021 Location Asheville, North Carolina Targets Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Arresting Authority → Asheville Police Department Charges → Trespassing Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending Apr. 19, 2023: Convicted Apr. 19, 2023: Pending appeal Release Date → December 26, 2021 Unnecessary use of force? → No Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Cellphone, 1 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement Subpoena/Legal Order
Journalist arrested while covering North Carolina homeless camp eviction #encampment Show More Incident Details Updated On May 3, 2023 Date of Incident December 25, 2021 Location Asheville, North Carolina Targets Veronica Coit (The Asheville Blade) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Arresting Authority → Asheville Police Department Charges → Trespassing Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending Apr. 19, 2023: Convicted Apr. 19, 2023: Pending appeal Release Date → December 26, 2021 Unnecessary use of force? → No
Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized while documenting homeless encampment #encampment Show More Incident Details Updated On February 21, 2022 Date of Incident November 30, 2021 Location Sausalito, California Case number 3:22-cv-01029 Targets Jeremy Portje (Freelance) Case Status Ongoing Type of case Civil Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Arresting Authority → Sausalito Police Department Charges → Assault: battery on a police officer Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped Assault: battery on a police officer with injury Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped Obstruction: resisting an executive officer Dec. 1, 2021: Charges pending Dec. 28, 2021: Charges dropped Detention Date → November 30, 2021 Release Date → December 1, 2021 Unnecessary use of force? → No Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Yes Equipment Search or Seizure Equipment Seized → Camera, 1 Camera equipment, 1 Camera lens, 1 External battery, 1 Cellphone, 1 Recording equipment, 3 Storage device, 2 Status of Seized Equipment → Returned in full Search Warrant Obtained → Yes Actor who seized equipment → Law enforcement Subpoena/Legal Order Legal Orders → warrant for communications or work product Dec. 9, 2021: Pending Dec. 21, 2021: Carried out Legal Order Target → Journalist Legal Order Venue → State
Independent videographer arrested while documenting LA homeless camp cleanup #encampment Show More Incident Details Updated On October 25, 2021 Date of Incident July 1, 2021 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Independent) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Arrested and released Arresting Authority → Los Angeles Police Department Charges → Obstruction: delaying/obstructing sanitation department clean up operation Jul. 1, 2021: Charges pending Oct. 25, 2021: Charges dropped Unnecessary use of force? → No
LA Times reporter among multiple journalists detained while covering Echo Park protest #encampment #kettle #protest Show More Incident Details Date of Incident March 25, 2021 Location Los Angeles, California Targets James Queally (Los Angeles Times) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Detained and released without being processed Arresting Authority → Los Angeles Police Department Unnecessary use of force? → No
L.A. Taco reporter detained while covering Echo Park protest #encampment #kettle #protest Show More Incident Details Date of Incident March 25, 2021 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco) Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Detained and released without being processed Arresting Authority → Los Angeles Police Department Unnecessary use of force? → No Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Unknown