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"title": "Journalist shoved by police officers while covering Portland protests",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"hhnzu\">Independent journalist Alissa Azar said she was shoved multiple times by police officers while covering protests in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 15, 2020.</p><p data-block-key=\"6h2ui\">Azar told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that Portland police officers were “being super aggressive with members of the press” that night. She posted a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AlissaAzar/status/1294583176535240704?s=20\">tweet</a>, alongside a video of officers repeatedly calling “Move!” and pressuring people to walk in one direction; Azar called the confrontation “terrifying.”</p><p data-block-key=\"5zq2y\">“People almost fell off the railing from how hard the cops were pushing. We were not even next to the protesters,” she told the Tracker.</p><p data-block-key=\"r1e8z\">Azar said officers pushed her several times, including pushing her into a car at one point.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://twitter.com/PDocumentarians?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PDocumentarians</a> got maced and they wouldn’t let us get to him to help. I just got pushed into a car</p>— alissa azar (@AlissaAzar) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AlissaAzar/status/1294555183918137345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"rzmqm\">“I’m still shaken. I honestly was afraid for everyone’s safety,” Azar said.</p><p data-block-key=\"bue1f\">She said she had been wearing a vest and helmet, both labelled with press markings, as well as a credential from Pacific Northwest Press Corps, which describes itself as an association of independent journalists covering ongoing protests in Portland and other parts of the Pacific Northwest.</p><p data-block-key=\"0aivd\">Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sgt. Kevin Allen declined to comment on the incident, citing continuing litigation involving the City of Portland. Since July, 2020, law enforcement officers from the PPB and federal agencies have been barred by court rulings from arresting, harming or impeding journalists or legal observers of the protests.</p><p data-block-key=\"n3wgz\">The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker documents journalists assaulted, arrested, struck by crowd-control ammunition or tear gas or who had their equipment damaged in the course of reporting. Find all incidents related to Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality protests <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">here</a>.</p></div>",
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"title": "Livestreamer says his equipment damaged by law enforcement officer in Portland",
"url": "https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/livestreamer-says-his-equipment-damaged-by-law-enforcement-officer-in-portland/",
"first_published_at": "2021-03-19T15:24:30.712433Z",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"91gt8\">Law enforcement damaged livestreaming equipment belonging to independent journalist Jon Ziegler while he was covering protests in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 15, 2020.</p><p data-block-key=\"up4gh\">On the night of Aug. 15 and early into the morning of Aug. 16, Ziegler was covering demonstrations in northeast Portland against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Ziegler, who previously worked with the media collective Unicorn Riot, has been documenting protests for his independent livestreaming account, RebZ.tv.</p><p data-block-key=\"lgox9\">Sometime after 9 p.m., law enforcement declared the gathering a riot and forced protesters to disperse, Ziegler told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. The journalist said he was walking behind a line of police officers and filming them as they chased protesters down the street, when he saw an officer shove a woman in front of him. In a recording of the incident posted to Twitter, the woman can be seen falling to the ground. Ziegler is then seen following the officer and asking for his badge number. The officer turns, yells “right up behind you” and lunges at Ziegler.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As cops chased and ran protesters down the street from the police precinct, some of the cops took out their aggression on the press trailing behind<br><br>This one tried to rip my phone off my monopod but failed at the tug of war...and the livestream kept going! (but my clip is broken) <a href=\"https://t.co/0vpzMAZjz4\">pic.twitter.com/0vpzMAZjz4</a></p>— Jon Ziegler “Reb Z” (@Rebelutionary_Z) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Rebelutionary_Z/status/1295189992650678273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"5gyxt\">The officer tried to grab Ziegler’s phone, but was unsuccessful, the journalist told the Tracker. The officer pushed Ziegler’s RetiCAM smartphone tripod mount so forcefully into this chest, however, that the clamp broke and the journalist was left with a minor scrape. Ziegler said he was wearing a bulletproof vest with a fluorescent press insignia. “It was obvious from two blocks away that I was press,” he told the Tracker.</p><p data-block-key=\"32de2\">Portland Police Bureau spokesman Sgt. Kevin Allen declined to comment on the incident, citing continuing litigation involving the City of Portland. Since July 2020, law enforcement officers from the PPB and federal agencies have been <a href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-ordered-not-to-assault-arrest-journalists-in-portland/\">barred by court rulings</a> from arresting, harming or impeding journalists or legal observers of the protests.</p><p data-block-key=\"2gx5p\">The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is documenting several hundred incidents of journalists being assaulted, arrested, struck by crowd-control ammunition or tear gas, or having their equipment damaged while covering protests across the country. Find <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">these incidents here</a>.</p></div>",
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"title": "Independent journalist repeatedly pushed by a police officer while covering a rally in Georgia",
"url": "https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/independent-journalist-repeatedly-pushed-by-a-police-officer-while-covering-a-rally-in-georgia/",
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"title": "Police strike journalist with baton at Portland protest",
"url": "https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/police-strike-baton-shove-journalists-during-portland-protest/",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"cnois\">Independent photojournalist Sean Bascom said he was hit by police during a protest in Portland, Oregon, on the night of Aug. 14, 2020.</p><p data-block-key=\"j0b0y\">Portland had experienced regular protests since the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. On the evening of Aug. 14, protesters gathered in North Portland's Peninsula Park and began marching. According to<a href=\"https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/08/portland-protests-against-police-violence-racism-continue-on-79th-night-friday.html\"> The Oregonian</a>, their intended destination was believed to be the Portland police union headquarters.</p><p data-block-key=\"ahmql\">Just before 10:30 p.m., Bascom was filming at the intersection of Killingsworth Street and North Mississippi Avenue as Portland police officers charged a line of shield-bearing protesters and began pushing protesters and members of the media down the street.</p><p data-block-key=\"8zrd2\">Over a loudspeaker, police can be heard declaring an unlawful assembly, saying that “paint bombs and other projectiles” had been thrown at officers. They also can be heard addressing the press and legal-rights observers, saying that they would adhere to a temporary restraining order and allow them to do their jobs so long as they moved off the roadway and didn’t interfere with officers.</p><p data-block-key=\"s4ny3\">In July, <a href=\"https://aclu-or.org/en/press-releases/judge-grants-temporary-restraining-order-protect-journalists-and-legal-observers\">a U.S. district judge issued a temporary restraining order</a> barring police in Portland from using physical force against, dispersing, arresting or threatening to arrest journalists and legal-rights observers.</p><p data-block-key=\"zrn6w\">In a video Bascom shared with the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, the journalist can be seen complying with police orders, walking on the sidewalk while continuing to film while moving north on North Mississippi Avenue.</p><p data-block-key=\"bj02g\">Meanwhile, police were making arrests in the street, “knocking people down and dragging them across the pavement” Bascom said. At one point, Bascom moved between parked cars to film a protester being thrown to the ground by police. An officer can be heard shouting: “Get out of the street now!”</p><p data-block-key=\"0aucs\">In the video, Bascom tells the officer he is a member of the press and then the camera shakes.</p><p data-block-key=\"nmacq\">“He came barreling in out of my view and just yelled “press out of the street” and then immediately hit me, it must have been with his baton, like right in my ribs,” said Bascom.</p><p data-block-key=\"xli04\">Bascom said he was wearing bright clothing and a helmet with press markings. He added he was also using a camera with a large lens and that he believed it was clear to the officer that he was a member of the press.</p><p data-block-key=\"5j9os\">He told the Tracker he felt sore for about a month, experiencing pain when he breathed deeply. He didn’t get the injury checked out by a medical professional, but said it felt like he previously had bruised ribs while snowboarding and skateboarding.</p><p data-block-key=\"bgohu\">While he technically wasn’t on the sidewalk, Bascom said he wasn’t in the way of police actions and that the officer was taking advantage of a technicality.</p><p data-block-key=\"uz10q\">“I can’t be in their way because of the cars that are parked on either side of me,” he said. “The Portland police seem to have decided that when they’re clearing a street if press are on the sidewalk, then they’re fine, but as soon as they step one foot off of the sidewalk, they are totally free to use as much force as they want.”</p><p data-block-key=\"2iqj7\"><a href=\"https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=261095\">In a press release regarding the Aug. 14 protest</a>, the Portland Police Bureau wrote that “several people with ‘press’ affixed to them shined flashlights in officers eyes.” A spokesperson for the PPB told the Tracker they were unable to comment on the incidents due to ongoing litigation.</p><p data-block-key=\"jcd6e\">The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker documents journalists assaulted, arrested, struck by crowd-control ammunition or tear gas or who had their equipment damaged in the course of reporting. Find all incidents related to Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality protests <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">here</a>.</p></div>",
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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"xzxuu\">Independent journalist Brian Conley said he was shoved by police during a protest in Portland, Oregon, on the night of Aug. 14, 2020.</p><p data-block-key=\"6gqar\">Portland had experienced regular protests since the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. On the evening of Aug. 14, protesters gathered in North Portland's Peninsula Park and began marching. According to<a href=\"https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/08/portland-protests-against-police-violence-racism-continue-on-79th-night-friday.html\"> The Oregonian</a>, their intended destination was believed to be the Portland police union headquarters.</p><p data-block-key=\"ac7vc\">Over a loudspeaker, police can be heard declaring an unlawful assembly, saying that “paint bombs and other projectiles” had been thrown at officers. They also can be heard addressing the press and legal-rights observers, saying that they would adhere to a temporary restraining order and allow them to do their jobs so long as they moved off the roadway and didn’t interfere with officers.</p><p data-block-key=\"jqzdt\">In July, <a href=\"https://aclu-or.org/en/press-releases/judge-grants-temporary-restraining-order-protect-journalists-and-legal-observers\">a U.S. district judge issued a temporary restraining order</a> barring police in Portland from using physical force against, dispersing, arresting or threatening to arrest journalists and legal-rights observers.</p><p data-block-key=\"gf3za\">Conley said that later that night he was pushed by a Portland police officer clearing a street in North Portland.<a href=\"https://twitter.com/BaghdadBrian/status/1294531973143097346\"> On Twitter, he wrote</a> that he and legal-rights observers had been pushed by a police officer at 11:45 p.m. for not walking fast enough. The officer “then struck me hard enough to knock the light from my camera. There was nowhere to go because too many people were in front of us,” he added.</p><p data-block-key=\"2407t\"><a href=\"https://twitter.com/PDocumentarians/status/1294524426654855169\">In a video shot by freelance journalist Justin Yau</a>, officers can be seen pushing people with batons, telling them to walk down the street faster. At one point, Conley can be seen turning around to film officers as he walks backwards using a camera with a light mounted on top of it. A voice can be heard saying “stop shining this light in my eyes” as one officer’s hand reaches out towards Conley’s camera.</p><p data-block-key=\"75z26\">“I was walking. I was not on the street. I was on the sidewalk,” Conley told the Tracker. “There was a mass of people in front of me. I really couldn’t go any faster” unless he stopped filming, he added.</p><p data-block-key=\"uiasy\">Conley said the light mounted on his camera was knocked to the ground and retrieved by another journalist. It was undamaged.</p><p data-block-key=\"39l3g\">At the time, he was wearing body armor marked “press” as well as a gas mask and a helmet. He said he had verbally identified himself as press as well, adding he believes the officer knew he was a member of the media.</p><p data-block-key=\"tw792\">“He was already kind of pushing me more than he should have been and there was nowhere for me to go,” he said. “I wasn’t a danger to him.”</p><p data-block-key=\"d9pdy\"><a href=\"https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=261095\">In a press release regarding the Aug. 14 protest</a>, the Portland Police Bureau wrote that “several people with ‘press’ affixed to them shined flashlights in officers' eyes.” A spokesperson for the PPB told the Tracker they were unable to comment on the incidents due to ongoing litigation.</p><p data-block-key=\"vtxuk\">The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker documents journalists assaulted, arrested, struck by crowd-control ammunition or tear gas or who had their equipment damaged in the course of reporting. Find all incidents related to Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality protests <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">here</a>.</p></div>",
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They also can be heard addressing the press and legal-rights observers, saying that they would adhere to a temporary restraining order and allow them to do their jobs so long as they moved off the roadway and didn’t interfere with officers.</p><p data-block-key=\"yrkfp\">In July, <a href=\"https://aclu-or.org/en/press-releases/judge-grants-temporary-restraining-order-protect-journalists-and-legal-observers\">a U.S. district judge issued a temporary restraining order</a> barring police in Portland from using physical force against, dispersing, arresting or threatening to arrest journalists and legal-rights observers.</p><p data-block-key=\"ksvdg\">That night, an officer tried to grab Davis' phone away from him as he recorded, the freelance videographer said.</p><p data-block-key=\"4cvlq\"><a href=\"https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1294523144984596481\">In a video filmed sometime before midnight</a>, a Portland police officer can be seen approaching Davis, telling him to “back off away from our van” and then moving his hand toward the journalist’s phone in an action Davis said was an attempt to grab the device. Davis repeatedly told the officer he was on the sidewalk and not in their way. He had previously shouted at officers telling him to move that he was with the press.</p><p data-block-key=\"c8zwf\">“Portland Police continuing to blatantly ignore the federal restraining order. An officer comes off of the riot van, approaches me, and grabs my phone”<a href=\"https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1294530884587069440\"> Davis tweeted.</a></p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Portland Police continuing to blatantly ignore the federal restraining order. An officer comes off of the riot van, approaches me, and grabs my phone. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/blacklivesmatter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blacklivesmatter</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/protest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#protest</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/pdx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pdx</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Portland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Portland</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Oregon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oregon</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BLM</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/acab?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#acab</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PortlandProtests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortlandProtests</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PDXprotests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PDXprotests</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PortlandStrong?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortlandStrong</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/7GWQojHlq0\">pic.twitter.com/7GWQojHlq0</a></p>— Garrison Davis (@hungrybowtie) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1294530884587069440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"ka5l6\">Davis told the Tracker he felt that he and other journalists had been targeted that night.</p><p data-block-key=\"4fldu\">“At this point I think they were mad at press because the reason why they keep getting in trouble is because the press is thoroughly documenting their crimes,” he said.</p><p data-block-key=\"4ppo4\"><a href=\"https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=261095\">In a press release regarding the Aug. 14 protest</a>, the Portland Police Bureau wrote that “several people with ‘press’ affixed to them shined flashlights in officers eyes.” A spokesperson for the PPB told the Tracker they were unable to comment on the incidents due to ongoing litigation.</p><p data-block-key=\"s5e1s\">The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker documents journalists assaulted, arrested, struck by crowd-control ammunition or tear gas or who had their equipment damaged in the course of reporting. 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Protesters said they were surrounded and corralled on 18th Street NW, between Florida Avenue and Willard Street, by police officers who then began arresting people in the crowd, according to news reports. In a <a href=\"https://mpdc.dc.gov/release/arrests-made-felony-riot-acts-third-district\">statement</a>, the Metropolitan Police Department said that officers arrested 41 people on charges of “Felony Riot Acts and Assault on a Police Officer offenses” and alleged that protesters had also been involved in acts of arson and destruction of property.</p><p data-block-key=\"25hlw\">Kelley-Chung, who has been <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/photography/young-photographers-covid-protests/\">covering</a> Black Lives Matter protests for several months as an independent <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/lifestyle/magazine/the-endless-call-for-racial-equity-and-justice-in-photos-and-quotes/\">photographer</a> and filmmaker, was among those arrested and charged with felony rioting, according to <a href=\"https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/Unrest-Related%20Arrest%20Data%20as%20of%20August%2031%202020_1.pdf\">police records</a>. The journalist <a href=\"https://wamu.org/story/20/08/14/dc-police-protest-black-lives-matter-arrest-adams-morgan/\">told public radio station WAMU/DCist</a> that he was arrested while trying to photograph the aftermath of an altercation between police and a protester. Kelley-Chung said his camera was clearly visible and that he told officers he was documenting the protests as a journalist, according to <a href=\"https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/protests/mpd-releases-dozens-from-custody-after-protests-in-adams-morgan/65-cecf9764-e239-403f-930d-80def1156856\">television network WUSA 9</a>. “I just remember asking constantly, ‘Why am I being arrested? Why am I being arrested?...I’ve been here for months...You’ve seen my work,’ ” he was quoted as saying. Kelley-Chung <a href=\"https://wamu.org/story/20/08/14/dc-police-protest-black-lives-matter-arrest-adams-morgan/\">told WAMU/DCist</a> that he was taken into custody and held at the 7th District police precinct overnight and then detained at Superior Court before being released on the evening of Aug. 14, when the charges were dropped.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">“What am I out here doing ‘rioting’. I’m a documentarian. I’m a photo journalist. I’m a member of the media. And they violated my 1st Ammend. rights. And that’s why we’re out here. That’s why they had to let me go”<br><br>My media colleague Kian <a href=\"https://twitter.com/uncleiso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@uncleiso</a> after release at <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCProtests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DCProtests</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/vBKIfJivY0\">pic.twitter.com/vBKIfJivY0</a></p>— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/1294423466662387714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"p3owj\">In a brief video interview posted to twitter by Deadspin journalist Chuck Modi the day after his release, Kelley-Chung said, “they thought they could stop me, they can’t stop me. I’m going to continue to be out here.” But the journalist said he was using his father’s camera because the two cameras he had been using, in addition to his cellphone, were still in police custody.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kian in action. Despite being fellow journalist, he is one of 41 arrested Thurs. Didn’t know til now, police have not given him back his camera or phone yet (which explains arrest). <br><br>He is back out w/father’s camera. Would be nice if corporate media showed solidarity <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCProtests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DCProtests</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/X8iw2mV3MD\">pic.twitter.com/X8iw2mV3MD</a></p>— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/1294820226782068736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just did the math and MPD confiscated over $3000 worth of equipment. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated and shown support. Please keep sharing. I still don't have my stuff. <a href=\"https://t.co/8ik7AKBX2V\">https://t.co/8ik7AKBX2V</a></p>— kian (@uncleiso) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/uncleiso/status/1295050703916990464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DC Police still have Kian’s cameras they seized in illegal kettle arrests 10 days ago. He is press. He shares story of deep “sentimental value” of them <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCProtests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DCProtests</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/l9btqsVpW9\">pic.twitter.com/l9btqsVpW9</a></p>— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/1297659455480504322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"kqyk2\">Seven weeks later, in a letter dated Oct. 6 that Kelley-Chung shared with the Tracker, Acting United States Attorney Michael R. Sherwin wrote that the MPD, in conjunction with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, was conducting an investigation into the events in Adams Morgan on Aug. 13-14 and that they believed that the journalist’s cameras “may contain information relevant to the investigation. We are writing to inquire whether you would voluntarily turn over data in the above-described cameras or produce such information voluntarily in response to a subpoena.”</p><p data-block-key=\"iv2bv\">After objections from Kelley-Chung’s lawyer, Sherwin wrote the journalist in another letter, dated Oct. 22, that his “Office has indicated to MPD that we have no objection to its disposition of Mr. Kelley-Chung’s property,” but that, “we are formally requesting the preservation, pending potential legal process and until further written notice, of all photographs, videos, audio recordings, and other evidence, created or captured on August 13-14, 2020.” However, the letter concluded, “this request does not obligate Mr. Kelley-Chung to produce any materials to the government at this time." 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His camera was still powering up, he said, and he was getting positioned to film two police officers who were throwing someone to the ground. Suddenly, he said, a different police officer fired pepper spray into his face from less than 10 feet away. Phillips said there were no protesters close to him at the time.</p><p data-block-key=\"rcm42\">“For me to get sprayed like that — that was a deliberate act,” he said.</p><p data-block-key=\"jcbbh\">Phillips said the spray was very painful and temporarily blinded him. He said he turned around and tripped, slamming his camera into the pavement.</p><p data-block-key=\"6urlg\">Protesters came to his aid and helped him to a medical station, where they tried to neutralize the impact of the spray with milk and water, he said. His eyes and face hurt for two days after he was sprayed, he said.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MissJupiter1957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MissJupiter1957</a> for capturing this. One of my eyes is still in pain this morning from the pepper spray. The police use these harsh chemicals without warning. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/policebrutality?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#policebrutality</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/policeaccountability?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#policeaccountability</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/ferguson?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ferguson</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/ferguson365?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ferguson365</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/udquiBycKa\">https://t.co/udquiBycKa</a></p>— Chris Phillips (@maverickmedia1) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/maverickmedia1/status/1292865072541437955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"jtcgd\">Phillips said he heard no warning before police rushed into the crowd, or before he was sprayed. He wasn’t wearing any form of press identification, he said, but he was carrying an elaborate, professional-grade cinema camera. He said he didn’t have an opportunity to identify himself to police before he was pepper sprayed, though he is well-known as a filmmaker in Ferguson, according to<a href=\"https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/1292931474191200256?s=20\"> other journalists in the area</a>.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Phillips of Maverick Media was pepper-sprayed. He is well-known media by everyone in Ferguson and STL. This is what journalists deal with in Ferguson since 2014.<br><br>6th Anniversary of Michael Brown Jr. murder. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MikeBrown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MikeBrown</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/jhLknFsQLa\">pic.twitter.com/jhLknFsQLa</a></p>— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/1292675536527994880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"dyeu4\">Phillips said his camera rig was inoperable after the fall. The only component that still worked was the microphone. He said the RED Scarlet-W “brain” of the camera, which he purchased for $12,500, suffered significant interior and exterior damage, so he decided to replace it with a newer model, which he did with the help of an <a href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/filmmaker039s-chris-phillips039-equipment-destroyed?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_more\">online fundraiser</a>. He also needed to replace a $280 Zoom H-5 audio recorder that was damaged. He said he hadn’t been in contact with police about the incident, but he was considering his legal options.</p><p data-block-key=\"wxpvb\">St. Louis County Police Department spokesperson Tracy Panus told the Tracker in an email that the agency wasn’t familiar with Phillips or aware that he was pepper sprayed. 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"title": "Photographer slammed to the ground, arrested by Portland police",
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Shortly before 10 p.m., police <a href=\"https://www.kptv.com/news/police-declare-unlawful-assembly-outside-east-precinct-after-people-light-fires-harass-community-members/article_9030e8c0-d876-11ea-8735-572fbef0efb5.html\">declared</a> the gathering an unlawful assembly due to vandalism and property destruction. The night before, police had <a href=\"https://katu.com/news/local/portland-police-declare-riot-at-east-precinct\">declared</a> a protest there a riot. During the Aug. 6 protest, Staab said Portland police officers had formed a line and started to run towards the protesters. According to Staab, some journalists were caught up with the protesters as officers rushed toward them. Along with other members of the press, Staab said, she was being pushed along on the sidewalk.</p><p data-block-key=\"wg1tv\">Staab said that while walking backwards with a camera in each hand, she was pushed to the ground by a police officer. Staab said she had “press” written on her front and back in white text.</p><p data-block-key=\"xwafp\">“I tried to get up, he pushed me down a second time,” Staab told the Tracker. When she tried to get up again, Staab said, “He pushed me down a third time and then pulled me off of the sidewalk into the street.” Staab said that the officer then handcuffed and arrested her.</p><p data-block-key=\"xbg2n\">In a<a href=\"https://twitter.com/PDocumentarians/status/1291925046705831936?s=20\"> video</a> shared in a tweet by freelance journalist Justin Yau, police officers can be seen physically blocking the area and using flashlights to prevent other journalists and legal observers from clearly filming Staab’s arrest. According to Yau’s tweet, the arrest took place at 10:20 p.m.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At 2220 last night, photojournalist <a href=\"https://twitter.com/MaranieRae?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MaranieRae</a> was arrested by Portland Police while she was documenting the protest. They used flashlights & physically blocked other journalists and legal observers from filming the arrest. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PressFreedom?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PressFreedom</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PortlandProtests?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PortlandProtests</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/yc1lGjoy8p\">pic.twitter.com/yc1lGjoy8p</a></p>— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/PDocumentarians/status/1291925046705831936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"zk72j\">Staab said police transported her in a van to the Multnomah County Detention Center where she was processed and charged with harassment and interfering with a police officer. 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"body": "<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"tvzr1\">A journalist who is a member of an independent press collective known as the 45th Absurdist Brigade was shoved twice by police while reporting on protests in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 6, 2020.</p><p data-block-key=\"fp0c8\">The journalist, who asked not to be named, was covering one of the many protests that broke out in Portland in response to police violence and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement following the May 25 death of George Floyd. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is <a href=\"/blog/blm-and-unprecedented-aggressions-against-media/\">documenting assaults, arrests and other incidents</a> involving journalists covering protests across the country.</p><p data-block-key=\"lgwun\">Law enforcement officers in Portland have targeted journalists since the outbreak of the demonstrations, according to a <a href=\"https://aclu-or.org/en/cases/index-newspapers-llc-v-city-portland\">class-action lawsuit</a> filed in June by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon. The ACLU suit led to the city agreeing to <a href=\"https://aclu-or.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/2020-07-16_preliminary_injunction.pdf\">a preliminary injunction</a> in July to not arrest, harm or impede the work of journalists or legal observers of the protests.</p><p data-block-key=\"q62br\">On the night of Aug. 6, the journalist was reporting on protests outside the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct when police began trying to clear the area, they told the Tracker.</p><p data-block-key=\"rw6ac\">Officers were moving people northeast, clearing an area toward Southeast Stark Street, the main thoroughfare, the journalist said. Walking backward alongside the police line, the journalist was filming the gap between the police and the protesters. While staying on the sidewalk, they saw officers start to “shove” members of the press, when they were suddenly pushed themselves.</p><p data-block-key=\"fzvmw\">“I was walking backwards and an officer was like, “Get back! Get back on the sidewalk!,’” they said, adding that the officer then “tried to slap my camera down.”</p><p data-block-key=\"2dolw\">The journalist’s camera was tethered to their wrist, they said, so it just briefly fell out of their hands before they grabbed it again. But soon after, they were shoved again back toward the sidewalk, they said.</p><p data-block-key=\"unery\">“Since I was already walking backwards when I got shoved, I just kind of went back on my back foot,” the journalist said. “And I just kind of stumbled back and got up, and continued walking, trying to make sure I didn't get trapped.”</p><p data-block-key=\"t4nnt\">A <a href=\"https://twitter.com/45thabsurdist/status/1291612618721910786\">video</a> the journalist posted on Twitter at 10:50 p.m. captures the shoving. The first push can be seen around 40 seconds in, and then the camera angle goes askew. Several seconds later, the journalist gets shoved again.</p></div>\n<div class=\"block-tweet\"><div class=\"tweet-embed\">\n <div>\n <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The push <a href=\"https://t.co/RmL4t1A2in\">pic.twitter.com/RmL4t1A2in</a></p>— 45th parallel absurdist brigade (@45thabsurdist) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/45thabsurdist/status/1291612618721910786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2020</a></blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script>\n\n</div>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"block-rich_text\"><p data-block-key=\"cggfx\">The shoving was captured from another angle by independent videographer Garrison Davis. “An officer tried to slap<a href=\"https://twitter.com/45thabsurdist\"> @45thabsurdist</a>’s phone out of their hand, then when that failed an officer just pushed them around,” Davis <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1291613303114883072\">tweeted</a>.</p><p data-block-key=\"e1o6v\">The journalist wasn’t physically harmed, they said, and their equipment wasn’t damaged.</p><p data-block-key=\"kti3d\">The PPB didn’t respond to a request for comment on this incident.</p></div>",
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