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Colorado Springs news station’s car windshield smashed with skateboard

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Targets: Colette Bordelon (KOAA-TV)

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

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

Photojournalist slammed into wall by police during Miami protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Sam Navarro (Freelance)

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

Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter shoved by Portland police

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Sergio Olmos (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Freelance journalist forced by police from scene of Seattle protest in June

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Shauna Sowersby (KNKX-FM)

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

Journalist hit by crowd-control grenade while covering Seattle protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Cole Miller (KOMO-TV)

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

Investigative reporter hit by munition while covering Portland protests

Incident Details

Updated on: May 6, 2022
Date of incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 20CV23349
Targets: Robert Evans (Bellingcat & iHeart Radio)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Ohio prosecutor subpoenas outlet for reporting materials from protest

Incident Details

Updated on: April 11, 2024
Date of incident: June 5, 2020
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Targets: Cleveland.com, The Plain Dealer

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

June 5, 2020: Pending

Unknown date: Ignored
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Journalist pushed by police while filming arrest in Brooklyn

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 5, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Sydney Pereira (Gothamist)

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

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