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FCC security guards pin reporter against wall as he tries to ask FCC commissioner a question

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 18, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: John Donnelly (CQ Roll Call)

Assailant →: Private security
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal Communications Commission

Independent journalist Matt Lee forcibly removed from UN, stripped of press credentials

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 3, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Matt Lee (Independent)

Assailant →: Private security
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Government agency or public official involved →: United Nations

Private security guard assaults journalist, confiscates camera during summit

Incident Details

Updated On: August 20, 2019
Date of Incident: August 3, 2019
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Targets: Charlie Kratovil (New Brunswick Today)

Assailant →: Private security
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Journalist alleges bodyguard pushed, assaulted him outside San Francisco courthouse

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 15, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Phelim McAleer

Assailant →: Private security
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Reporter at Atlanta crime scene assaulted by security guard

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 13, 2021
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Mike Petchenik (WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News)

Assailant →: Private security
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes