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Photojournalist shoved by police, knocked aside by horse at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 39

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

Student reporter thrown and later detained at Bay Area immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Aarya Mukherjee (The [UC Berkeley] Daily Californian)

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

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

Photographer shot at with projectile at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Victor Montiel (Independent)

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

Photojournalist pushed, batoned, pelted with projectiles at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Henry Cherry (Independent)

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

Student journalist bruised by projectiles at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Delfino Camacho ([California State University] Long Beach Current & ENYE)

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

Journalist shot with crowd-control munitions at immigration protest near LA

Incident Details

Updated on: June 18, 2025
Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Compton, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05541
Targets: Ben Camacho (The Southlander)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter struck with pepper balls while covering LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 1, 2026
Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05563
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Officer pushes reporter in press vest at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Mekahlo Medina (KNBC)

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

Photographer injured as federal agents use tear gas at LA-area protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Paramount, California
Targets: Jonathan Alcorn (Zuma Press)

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

Reporter struck in head with munition by federal officers at LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 1, 2026
Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Compton, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05563
Targets: Ryanne Mena ([Los Angeles] Daily News)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Univision video journalist targeted with pepper balls during LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Raúl Gutiérrez (KMEX-DT)

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

Univision reporter targeted with pepper balls while covering LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Victor Cordero (KMEX-DT)

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

Freelance journalist shot twice in the back with crowd-control munitions

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Compton, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05541
Targets: Abraham Márquez (The Southlander)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist struck in face by crowd-control munition at LA-area protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Compton, California
Targets: Anonymous photojournalist 8 (Freelance)

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

Deputy targets photojournalist with stun grenade at California protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Paramount, California
Targets: Ethan Noah Roy (Freelance)

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

Photographer targeted with crowd-control munitions at protest near LA

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Paramount, California
Targets: Mykle Parker (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist hit by projectiles, struck, shoved by police at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Henry Cherry (Independent)

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

Reporter struck with pepper ball by federal officers at LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 1, 2026
Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05563
Targets: Ryanne Mena ([Los Angeles] Daily News)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Student journalist pepper-sprayed at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jake Crandall (The [Santa Monica College] Corsair)

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

Photojournalist pepper-sprayed by federal agent at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anonymous photojournalist 8 (Freelance)

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

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