Independent photojournalist arrested for curfew violation in Los Angeles

June 2, 2020
Independent photojournalist Aaron Guy Leroux was arrested while covering protests in Los Angeles, California, on June 2, 2020.Protests that began in Minnesota on May 26 have spread across the country, sparked by a video showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, during an arrest the day before. Floyd was later pronounced dead at a hospital.Leroux told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he was walking west on Sunset Boulevard with a colleague approximately …

Journalist detained during downtown Los Angeles protest

May 31, 2020
Kandist Mallett, a freelance journalist and columnist for Teen Vogue, was detained alongside her reporting partner while attempting to document protests against police violence in Los Angeles on May 31, 2020.Protests that began in Minneapolis on May 26 have spread across the country, sparked by a video showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, during an arrest the day before. Floyd was later pronounced dead at a hospital.Mallett told the U.S. Press …

Journalist detained covering downtown L.A. protest

May 31, 2020
Freelance journalist Aaron Cantú was detained alongside his reporting partner while attempting to document protests against police violence in Los Angeles on May 31, 2020.Protests that began in Minneapolis on May 26 have spread across the country, sparked by a video showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, during an arrest the day before. Floyd was later pronounced dead at a hospital.Cantú — who has written for The Nation, the Santa Fe …

Freelance journalist arrested amid Los Angeles protests

May 30, 2020
Los Angeles police officers arrested freelance journalist Oren Peleg while he was covering protests in the city on May 30, 2020.Protests that began in Minnesota on May 26 spread across the country, sparked by a video showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, during an arrest the day before. Floyd was later pronounced dead at a hospital.Peleg told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he was reporting on protests in downtown Los Angeles …

News vehicle reported vandalized in Los Angeles amid protests

May 29, 2020
An ABC7 News vehicle was reported vandalized by protesters on May 29, 2020, during protests in Los Angeles, California.Protests that began in Minnesota on May 26 have spread across the country, sparked by a video showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, during an arrest on May 25. Floyd was later pronounced dead at a hospital.An ABC7 news vehicle was found vandalized at around 6:30 p.m. on May 29, according to a tweet …
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