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Freelance photojournalist arrested amid curfew crackdown in Los Angeles

Incident Details

Updated on: July 22, 2020
Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Robert Spangle (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Curfew violation: breaking curfew order

June 1, 2020: Charges pending

July 22, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Equipment bag, 1
Status of equipment →: Searched without seizure
Search warrant obtained →: No

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporter assaulted while covering Little Rock protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Targets: Tony Holt (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist assaulted while covering aftermath of protests in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Ken Bedford (WLS-TV)

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

Student journalist pepper sprayed, threatened with arrest amid Columbus protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Targets: Maeve Walsh (The [Ohio State University] Lantern)

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

Telemundo journalists hit with projectiles during protests in DC

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Edwin López (Telemundo)

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

Photographer assaulted, had camera stolen while covering Manhattan protests for NY Post

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Stephen Yang (New York Post)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Private individual

June: While reporting from protests across the nation, journalists tear-gassed, threatened

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

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Journalist shoved, hit with pepper spray during Washington, D.C., protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Mike Brest (Washington Examiner)

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

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