Equipment Search or Seizure

Total Incidents: 120

Search warrants obtained for journalists’ devices

16

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Journalists with all equipment still in police custody

14

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Incidents involving camera seizure

52

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Incidents involving cellphone seizure

62

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Incidents involving computer seizure

17

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Incidents involving work product seizure

20

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Journalists’ equipment searched or seized by law enforcement in the course of their work.

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Articles About Equipment Search or Seizure

‘Meritless arrests’: Charges dropped against journalists covering DNC protest

Published

December 3, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
‘He simply reported’

A snapshot of all incidents documented in the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker so far this year

Published

March 1, 2024

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
After Kansas: Putting newsroom raids in context

Bubble map chart showing search and seizure of journalists across the U.S., by state, as documented in the Tracker from 2017 to today

Published

August 31, 2023

Written by

Kirstin McCudden

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