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Journalist arrested and charged with breaking curfew in Minneapolis

Incident Details

Updated on: November 19, 2020
Date of incident: August 27, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Sam Richards (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Curfew violation: failure to comply with a lawful order

Aug. 27, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 19, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Police action damages camera of journalist as he covers protests in Washington, D.C.

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

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

Rubber bullet breaks finger of photojournalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Alyssa Schukar (The New York Times)

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

AFP reporter hit with a rubber bullet while covering unrest in Kenosha

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Robert Chiarito (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

CBS 58 reporter struck in neck by projectile during Kenosha, Wisconsin protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Mark Stevens (WDJT-TV)

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

Reporter pushed by police while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Roman Mendoza (The People’s Vanguard of Davis)

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

Independent journalist said she was threatened by an individual while covering a Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Teebs Auberdine (Freelance)

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

Getty photojournalist struck in head with rubber bullet during Kenosha protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Scott Olson (Getty Images)

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

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