Incident Database

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

July 3, 2025: Pending

Aug. 8, 2025: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

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

Photographer struck and injured by tear gas canister at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Héctor Adolfo Quintanar Pérez (Zuma Press)

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

Spanish-language reporter arrested at Atlanta-area protest; faces deportation

Incident Details

Updated on: October 6, 2025
Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Chamblee, Georgia
Case number: 2:25-cv-00104
Targets: Mario Guevara (Independent)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Doraville Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: obstruction of law enforcement officers

June 14, 2025: Charges pending

June 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

June 14, 2025: Charges pending

June 25, 2025: Charges dropped

Traffic violation: pedestrian improperly entering roadway

June 14, 2025: Charges pending

June 25, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: June 14, 2025
Release date →: October 3, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

Photojournalist shot with rubber bullet by law enforcement at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 38 (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

Photojournalist hit in the arm with projectile shot by LAPD

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ron Haviv (The New Republic)

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

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

Photojournalist shot with pepper balls at Los Angeles ‘No Kings’ protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Madison Swart (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist struck with munition at Los Angeles ‘No Kings’ protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Madison Swart (Freelance)

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

Photographer hit by projectile, shoved by officers while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tod Seelie (Freelance)

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

Photographer attacked by protesters at LA immigration demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tod Seelie (Freelance)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist shot with crowd-control munition amid LA ‘No Kings’ protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Matthew Reamer (Die Zeit [Germany])

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

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

Australian journalist shot with crowd-control munitions at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Reid Butler (9News [Australia])

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

Independent journalist assaulted at Seattle protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 17, 2025
Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Cam Higby (Today Is America)

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

Equipment damaged →: Protective equipment, 2
Actor →: Private individual

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