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Reporter struck with crowd-control munitions amid Dodgers World Series celebrations

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Samuel Braslow (Beverly Hills Courier)

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

Journalist receives failure to disperse charge months after documenting Dodgers win

Incident Details

Updated on: March 9, 2021
Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)

Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 3, 2021: Charges pending

March 9, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter assaulted while filming looting in Philadelphia

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Elijah Schaffer (Blaze News)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Student journalist struck with crowd-control munitions amid Dodgers celebrations

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Emily Holshouser ([California State University Northridge] Daily Sundial)

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

Independent photojournalist threatened by man with a gun in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 24, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Maranie Staab (Freelance)

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

Videojournalist assaulted, equipment broken during Austin demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 24, 2020
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Hiram Gilberto Garcia (Freelance)

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

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

Photojournalist hit with pepper balls fired by federal agents while covering protest in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 18, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Sean Bascom (Freelance)

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

Independent photojournalist hit with pepper balls fired by federal agents in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 18, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Maranie Staab (Independent)

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

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