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Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid

Incident Details

Updated On: April 1, 2024
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02122
Targets: Marion County Record
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Computer, 4

Storage device, 1

Work product, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Kansas newspaper editor’s home raided by local law enforcement

Incident Details

Updated On: April 1, 2024
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02122
Targets: Eric Meyer (Marion County Record), Joan Meyer (Marion County Record)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 3

Storage device, 1

Work product, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Aug. 11, 2023: Pending

Aug. 11, 2023: Carried out

Aug. 16, 2023: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Kansas reporter injured when cellphone seized during police raid of newsroom

Incident Details

Updated On: June 25, 2024
Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 6:23-cv-01179
Targets: Deb Gruver (Marion County Record)
Case Status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Kansas reporter files suit after phone seized in newsroom raid

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 11, 2023
Location: Marion, Kansas
Case number: 2:24-cv-02044
Targets: Phyllis Zorn (Marion County Record)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Atlanta photojournalist files lawsuit following arrest, device search

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 29, 2022
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 1:24-cv-02921
Targets: Ben Hendren (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Georgia State University Police Department
Detention Date →: July 29, 2022
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Reuters reporter’s phone confiscated on Pentagon trip to Europe

Incident Details

Updated On: May 23, 2022
Date of Incident: May 22, 2022
Location: Prince George County, Maryland
Targets: Idrees Ali (Reuters)

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Radio reporter’s phone seized by North Dakota police, later returned

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 10, 2022
Location: Williston, North Dakota
Targets: Tom Simon (KXWI-FM)

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 4, 2022: Pending

Jan. 10, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Reporter arrested, phone confiscated while covering NC homeless camp eviction

Incident Details

Updated On: March 22, 2024
Date of Incident: December 25, 2021
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Matilda Bliss (The Asheville Blade)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

Dec. 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 19, 2023: Convicted

April 19, 2023: Pending appeal

June 16, 2023: Convicted

March 22, 2024: Pending appeal
Release Date →: December 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment Seized →: Cellphone, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: Yes

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 1, 2022: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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