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Detroit Free Press reporter shoved by police while covering protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Darcie Moran (Detroit Free Press)

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

Reporter covering Iowa protests struck by rubber bullet

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Bryon Houlgrave (The Des Moines Register)

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

SacBee photojournalist's hand broken, camera stolen while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Paul Kitagaki Jr. (The Sacramento Bee)

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

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

Broadcast reporter hit with pepper balls and tear gas during Tulsa protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Targets: Ethan Hutchins (KTUL)

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

Video journalist struck by crowd-control munition, briefly detained amid DC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ford Fischer (Zenger)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Public Radio reporters shot at with pepper balls while covering Louisville protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Jess Clark (Kentucky Public Radio)

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

MSNBC reporter struck with projectile during live broadcast from Washington protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Garrett Haake (MSNBC)

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

Oregon reporter hit with tear gas canister while documenting protests; city settles lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Case number: 6:20-cv-01180
Targets: Henry Houston (Eugene Weekly)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

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