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Rioters rush broadcasters, destroy Associated Press, other media equipment

Incident Details

Updated On: February 2, 2023
Date of Incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The Associated Press

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 2

Recording equipment, 2

Miscellaneous equipment, 3

Camera equipment, 4

Storage unit, 2

Sacramento reporter's charging cable cut while covering solidarity march

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 26, 2020
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Scott Rodd

Equipment Broken →: Miscellaneous equipment, 1

KSTP News 5 crew’s cable cut during live shot, interrupting broadcast

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 20, 2020
Location: Anoka, Minnesota
Targets: KSTP-TV

Equipment Broken →: Miscellaneous equipment, 1

NBC producer, group of journalists targeted in assault by state patrol

Incident Details

Updated On: February 8, 2022
Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Ed Ou (NBC News)
Case Status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Equipment Broken →: Recording equipment, 1

Camera equipment, 2

Miscellaneous equipment, 1

Protective equipment, 1

NBC10 journalists attacked during live coverage of protests — earpiece stolen

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Andrew Hyman (WHEC NBC 10)

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

Equipment Broken →: Miscellaneous equipment, 1

Sacramento photojournalist pushed to the ground by police while covering protest, his camera damaged

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 4, 2019
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Hector Amezcua (The Sacramento Bee)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Miscellaneous equipment, 1