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416 journalists assaulted in 2020 109 journalists with equipment damaged in 2020 31 journalists/news organizations subpoeaned in 2020 139 arrests/detainments of journalists in 2020 42 journalists assaulted in 2021 11 journalists with equipment damaged in 2021 BLM Find all press freedom violations related to 'Black Lives Matter protest' here 34 arrests/detainments of journalists in 2021

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The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a database of press freedom incidents in the United States — everything from arrests of journalists and the seizure of their equipment to interrogations at the U.S. border and physical attacks. The Press Freedom Tracker documents incidents across the country, involving national, state and local authorities. Read More

Fox News national correspondent and team detained while reporting from Brooklyn Center protest

April 14, 2021
Fox News national correspondent Lauren Blanchard, producer Nick Rojas and photojournalist Les Baker were briefly detained by police while reporting on a protest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on April 14, 2021, a spokesperson for the network told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.Demonstrations were held several days in a row in Brooklyn Center, a city near Minneapolis, in response to the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop on April 11.The Fox News team …

Photographer arrested, cited while covering Brooklyn Center protests

April 13, 2021
Adam Gray, chief photojournalist for UK-based South West News Service, was pushed to the ground, handcuffed, and cited with failure to follow a lawful order while he was covering protests in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on April 13, 2021.Protests began following the fatal shooting of a Black man, Daunte Wright, by a white Brooklyn Center Police Department officer on April 11.Gray was covering police pushing protesters north on Humboldt Avenue away from the police station around 10:30 p.m. when law enforcement …
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