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Independent filmmaker hit with a flash-bang grenade while covering Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 27, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Chris Phillips (Freelance)

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

Reporter struck in the eye with less-lethal round during second day of Minnesota protests

Incident Details

Updated On: February 8, 2024
Date of Incident: May 27, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Jared Goyette (Freelance)
Case Status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter struck by projectile while covering George Floyd protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 26, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Andy Mannix (Minnesota Star Tribune)

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

Reporter struck by projectile in Minneapolis while covering George Floyd protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 26, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Niko Georgiades (Unicorn Riot)

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

Livestreamer shoved across throat by police at Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 26, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Justin Ge Pluto (Goeman) (Independent)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera lens, 1

Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Fox 11 News photojournalist held at knifepoint over footage of California shelter-in-place protest

Incident Details

Updated On: July 13, 2023
Date of Incident: April 17, 2020
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 1 (KTTV)

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

Journalist has phone knocked to ground by police while recording NYC protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 31, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Ashoka Jegroo (Independent)

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

Two journalists attacked, news van vandalized while covering Puerto Rico protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 23, 2020
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Kefrén Velázquez (WAPA-TV)

Assailant →: Unknown
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

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