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News vehicle reported vandalized in Los Angeles amid protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: ABC7 News

Equipment Broken →: Vehicle, 1

Rock thrown through window of WSB-TV news vehicle during Atlanta protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News

Equipment Broken →: Vehicle, 1

Photojournalists for Review-Journal arrested while covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated On: November 4, 2020
Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Ellen Schmidt (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May. 30, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 4, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist arrested covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated On: October 28, 2020
Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Bridget Bennett (Agence France-Presse)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May. 30, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 28, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

CBS4 Denver journalists and another news crew pepper sprayed by individual

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Jamie Leary (KCNC-TV CBS4)

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

‘I’m covered with bruises.’ Photojournalist says Denver police targeted her with pepper balls and rubber bullets

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Madeleine Kelly (Freelance)

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

Journalist assaulted, camera lost while documenting New York City protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Sue Brisk (Freelance)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

As CBS Channel 11 prepared to go live in Dallas, an officer tossed a tear gas canister toward the news crew

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Steve Pickett (KTVT-TV)

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

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