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Videographer hit with pepper ball while covering demonstration against LASD

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 12, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Vishal Singh (Independent)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Social media journalist shoved by police at Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 3, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Kevin Gilman (Watchdog Citizen News)

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

Unicorn Riot journalist pushed by officer while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 3, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Niko Georgiades (Unicorn Riot)

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

Independent journalist assaulted while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 28, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Andy Ngo (Independent)

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

Individuals steal photojournalist’s camera drone ahead of George Floyd anniversary demonstrations

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 25, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Mark Vancleave (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Equipment Broken →: Drone, 1

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

Photojournalist hit with multiple crowd-control munitions during Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: PJ Docs (Independent)

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

Photojournalist assaulted, detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest

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 Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Status of Charges →: Not charged
Arresting Authority →: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Photojournalist threatened, assaulted by Minnesota State Patrol while covering Brooklyn Center protest

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

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

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