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Photojournalist struck with baton, press credential damaged at LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: August 31, 2026
Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:26-cv-09709
Targets: Nick Stern (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment damaged →: Press identification, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photographer assaulted, detained while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Nate Gowdy (Independent)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Independent journalist shoved, detained while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Mel Buer (Independent)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: August 8, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Journalist struck with baton, finger injured amid protests in downtown LA

Incident Details

Updated on: September 10, 2025
Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05423
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Status Coup)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Documentarian hit with police baton, equipment damaged at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Rocky Romano (Winters Rock Entertainment)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Camera equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photojournalist pushed, detained by police at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Carrie Schreck (Redux Pictures)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: August 8, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Photojournalist struck with baton, detained amid LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: August 8, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Agency photojournalist pushed to ground, lens damaged at LA-area protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Chelsea Lauren (Shutterstock)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photojournalist’s phone knocked to the ground by police officer at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Benjamin Hanson (Middle East Images & Royol News)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Unknown

Florida broadcast photographer attacked by restaurant employee

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Hialeah, Florida
Targets: Frank Debesa (WPLG)

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

Reporter attacked, microphone damaged by restaurant employee

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2025
Location: Hialeah, Florida
Targets: Jeff Weinsier (WPLG)

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

Equipment damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Barry Chin (The Boston Globe)

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

Boston Globe reporter threatened while covering public drug use in Boston

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2025
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Niki Griswold (The Boston Globe)

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

Videographer struck with projectiles by federal officers at Oregon ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 27, 2026
Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:25-cv-02170
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Class Action

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

Documentarian shoved by DHS officer at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Rocky Romano (Winters Rock Entertainment)

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

Police officer shoves freelance photojournalist at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 4, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ethan Noah Roy (Freelance)

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

West Texas reporter forcibly removed from public meeting

Incident Details

Updated on: July 8, 2026
Date of incident: June 27, 2025
Location: Fort Davis, Texas
Case number: 4:26-cv-00004
Targets: David Flash (Big Bend Times)
Case status: Ongoing, Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

June 27, 2025: Charges pending

July 24, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: June 27, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Journalist struck, shoved by police at Philadelphia immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Christopher Schiano (Unicorn Riot)

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

ABC News correspondent pushed by police on live TV while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Matt Gutman (ABC News)

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

Freelance journalist targeted with crowd-control munitions at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Solomon O. Smith (Freelance)

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

Equipment damaged →: Computer, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

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