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The Daily Mail blocked from media center, trial exhibits in Chauvin trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 24, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Daily Mail

Politicians or Public Figures Involved →: Hennepin County Chief Judge Toddrick Barnette

Daily Mail photographer arrested while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated On: October 20, 2022
Date of Incident: August 7, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Michael Arellano (Daily Mail)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Trespassing

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

NYPD subpoenas journalist’s phone records in leak investigation

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 14, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Anonymous reporter 3 (Daily Mail)

Third Party in Possession of Communications →: AT&T
Third Party Business →: Telecom company
Legal Order Type →: Subpoena

NYPD officer assaults British photojournalist, breaks camera

Incident Details

Updated On: August 5, 2021
Date of Incident: June 2, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Case number: 1:21-cv-06610
Targets: Jae Donnelly (Daily Mail)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1

Reporters excluded from press briefing

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 24, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: BBC News, BuzzFeed News, CNN, Daily Mail, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Politico, The Guardian, The Hill, The New York Times

Denial of Access