Photojournalist slammed against wall, arrested amid NYC protest Arrest/Criminal Charge Assault Equipment Damage Date of incident November 29, 2025 Location New York, New York Targets Avery Craig (Independent) #immigration #protest
Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized Arrest/Criminal Charge Equipment Search or Seizure Date of incident November 22, 2025 Location Miami, Florida Targets Dave Decker (Creative Loafing Tampa, News2Share & Zuma Press) #immigration #protest
Recently updated Journalist tackled, arrested by federal agents at Illinois ICE protest Recently updated Arrest/Criminal Charge Assault Updated on December 2, 2025 Date of incident September 27, 2025 Location Broadview, Illinois Targets Steve Held (Unraveled Press) #Department of Homeland Security #immigration #protest
Photographer assaulted, detained while covering LA protest Arrest/Criminal Charge Assault Equipment Damage Date of incident August 8, 2025 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Nate Gowdy (Independent) #immigration #kettle #protest
Independent journalist shoved, detained while covering LA protest Arrest/Criminal Charge Assault Date of incident August 8, 2025 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Melanie Buer (Independent) #immigration #kettle #protest
Photojournalist pushed, detained by police at LA immigration protest Arrest/Criminal Charge Assault Date of incident August 8, 2025 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Carrie Schreck (Redux Pictures) #immigration #kettle #protest
Photojournalist struck with baton, detained amid LA immigration protest Arrest/Criminal Charge Assault Date of incident August 8, 2025 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Freelance) #immigration #kettle #protest
Recently updated Cincinnati reporter arrested as protest spills across bridge to Kentucky Recently updated Arrest/Criminal Charge Updated on November 13, 2025 Date of incident July 17, 2025 Location Covington, Kentucky Targets Madeline Fening ([Cincinnati] CityBeat) #immigration #protest
Journalist arrests surge in 2024 amid Israel-Gaza war protests Published December 12, 2024 Written by Stephanie Sugars
‘Meritless arrests’: Charges dropped against journalists covering DNC protest Published December 3, 2024 Written by Kirstin McCudden
Arrests of journalists already doubled over last year As of this month, more journalists have now been arrested in 2024 than the last two years combined. Plus, four years after George Floyd’s death — and what it meant for media covering BLM. Published May 30, 2024 Written by Kirstin McCudden