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Independent journalist briefly detained amid DC riots

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Talia Jane (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Two Washington Post video journalists detained in police ‘kettle’ during DC riot

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Whitney Leaming (The Washington Post)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Washington Post video journalists detained in police ‘kettle’ during DC riot

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Zoeann Murphy (The Washington Post)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

New York Times reporter assaulted, cameras stolen and damaged amid Capitol riot

Incident Details

Updated On: June 6, 2023
Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Erin Schaff (The New York Times)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1

Press identification, 1

Photojournalist hit with pepper spray while covering demonstration at Utah Capitol

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Targets: Rick Egan (Salt Lake Tribune)

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

Freelance photojournalist struck multiple times with projectiles during Capitol riot

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades (The Washington Post)

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

Slate reporter pushed by Capitol Police officer in effort to ‘slow down’ rioters

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Aymann Ismail (Slate)

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

Cellphone of French journalist destroyed during his livestream of Capitol riot

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Vincent Jolly (Le Figaro)

Equipment Broken →: Cellphone, 1

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

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