Videographer hit with pepper ball while covering demonstration against LASD #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 2021 #chemical irritant #shot / shot at Show More Incident Details Date of Incident June 12, 2021 Location Los Angeles, California Targets Vishal Singh (Independent) Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → No
Social media journalist shoved by police at Minneapolis protest #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 1 year #Black Lives Matter protest 2021 #protest Show More Incident Details Date of Incident June 3, 2021 Location Minneapolis, Minnesota Targets Kevin Gilman (Watchdog Citizen News) Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Yes
Unicorn Riot journalist pushed by officer while covering protest #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 1 year #Black Lives Matter protest 2021 #protest Show More Incident Details Date of Incident June 3, 2021 Location Minneapolis, Minnesota Targets Niko Georgiades (Unicorn Riot) Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Yes
Independent journalist assaulted while covering Portland protest #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 2021 #protest Show More Incident Details Date of Incident May 28, 2021 Location Portland, Oregon Targets Andy Ngo (Independent) Assault Assailant → Private individual Was the journalist targeted? → Yes
Individuals steal photojournalist’s camera drone ahead of George Floyd anniversary demonstrations #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 1 year #Black Lives Matter protest 2021 #protest #robbery Show More Incident Details Date of Incident May 25, 2021 Location Minneapolis, Minnesota Targets Mark Vancleave (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Equipment Damage Equipment Broken → Drone, 1 Assault Assailant → Private individual Was the journalist targeted? → Yes
Photojournalist hit with multiple crowd-control munitions during Brooklyn Center protest #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 1 year #Black Lives Matter protest 2021 #protest #shot / shot at Show More Incident Details Date of Incident April 16, 2021 Location Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Targets PJ Docs (Independent) Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Yes
Photojournalist assaulted, detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 1 year #Black Lives Matter protest 2021 #chemical irritant #protest Show More Incident Details Updated On February 8, 2022 Date of Incident April 16, 2021 Location Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Case number 0:20-cv-01302 Targets Tim Evans (Freelance) Case Status Ongoing, Settled Type of case Class Action Arrest/Criminal Charge Arrest Status → Detained and released without being processed Status of Charges → Not charged Arresting Authority → Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department Unnecessary use of force? → Yes Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Yes Equipment Damage Equipment Broken → Camera, 1
Photojournalist threatened, assaulted by Minnesota State Patrol while covering Brooklyn Center protest #Black Lives Matter protest #Black Lives Matter protest 1 year #Black Lives Matter protest 2021 #protest Show More Incident Details Updated On February 8, 2022 Date of Incident April 16, 2021 Location Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Case number 0:20-cv-01302 Targets Chris Tuite (Independent) Case Status Ongoing, Settled Type of case Class Action Assault Assailant → Law enforcement Was the journalist targeted? → Yes