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Freelance journalist assaulted, arrested during LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 18, 2023
Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:23-cv-04917
Targets: Julianna Lacoste (Freelance)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 8, 2020: Charges pending

Jan. 6, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: September 9, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment broken →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

Equipment bag, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Photojournalist shot with projectile and pepper ball at South Los Angeles protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Brian Feinzimer (Independent)

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

Livestreamer arrested, assaulted during LA protest; phone searched

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:20-cv-09805
Targets: Hugo Padilla (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 8, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 11, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 8, 2020
Release date →: September 9, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment broken →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Equipment searched or seized →: Bicycle, 1

Cellphone, 1

Protective equipment, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in part
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Sept. 9, 2020: Pending

Sept. 10, 2020: Upheld

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Journalist covering pro-Trump demonstration hit by paintballs in Oregon

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Salem, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist hit with crowd-control munition during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jintak Han (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist arrested while covering Portland protests, her phone damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Rach Wilde (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 7, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment broken →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Daily Caller reporter hit by projectile during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jorge Ventura (Daily Caller)

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

Broadcast journalist stabbed with scissors while reporting in Boston

Incident Details

Updated on: August 12, 2022
Date of incident: September 6, 2020
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Ted Wayman (WCVB-TV)

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

Equipment broken →: Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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