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Columbus Dispatch photographer hit with projectile while covering protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Targets: Adam Cairns (The Columbus Dispatch)

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist shoved to the ground by LAPD

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Barbara Davidson (Freelance)

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

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

Photojournalist’s jaw broken at Washington, D.C., protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Matthew Rodier (Freelance)

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

Getty photojournalist hit with rubber bullets in Detroit; officer charged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 21, 2024
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Matthew Hatcher (Getty Images)

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

CNN journalist assaulted while covering DC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Josh Replogle (CNN)

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

WSJ reporter says NYPD hit him in face, shoved him to ground during protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Tyler Blint-Welsh (The Wall Street Journal)

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

Photojournalist hit in head by projectile while covering Santa Monica protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Santa Monica, California
Targets: Jason Ryan (Freelance)

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

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

VICE News journalist hit by projectiles while covering protests in DC

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Todd Zwillich (Vice News)

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

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