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Agency photojournalist shot with crowd-control munitions at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Chelsea Lauren (Shutterstock)

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

Student journalist detained, hit by crowd-control rounds at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jake Crandall (The [Santa Monica College] Corsair)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: June 9, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Student journalist detained, shot at with pepper balls at Bay Area protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 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 9, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Student journalist detained, shoved by police amid Bay Area protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Sam Grotenstein (The [UC Berkeley] Daily Californian)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: San Francisco Police Department
Detention date →: June 9, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

British television reporter shot with crowd-control munition at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Noel Phillips (ITV)

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

Journalist shoved, shot at and camera equipment damaged at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Wali Khan (Independent)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 2
Actor →: Law enforcement

Univision reporter shoved on-air by police at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Salvador Durán (Univision)

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

Australian reporter shot with munition at LA protest during live broadcast

Incident Details

Updated on: June 8, 2026
Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:26-cv-06184
Targets: Lauren Tomasi (9News [Australia])
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter pushed by police officers at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: E. Tammy Kim (The New Yorker)

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

Photographer shot in forehead with rubber bullet while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Toby Canham (New York Post)

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

Journalist struck with crowd-control munition, press credential damaged

Incident Details

Updated on: July 10, 2026
Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05563
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Los Angeles Public Press)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Class Action

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

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

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

Livestreamer detained by federal officers at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

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

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Department of Homeland Security
Detention date →: June 8, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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: July 10, 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: Class Action

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

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