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Independent filmmaker pepper-sprayed, arrested in St. Louis protests

Incident Details

Updated On: August 3, 2023
Date of Incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Mark Gullet (Independent)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sep. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: September 17, 2017
Release Date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Independent video journalist assaulted, arrested in St. Louis protests

Incident Details

Updated On: August 3, 2023
Date of Incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Demetrius Thomas (Independent)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sep. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: September 17, 2017
Release Date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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

Filmmaker sues St. Louis police for assault, arrest while covering protest

Incident Details

Updated On: August 3, 2023
Date of Incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:19-cv-02590
Targets: Fareed Alston (Independent)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sep. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: September 17, 2017
Release Date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Camera equipment, 1

External battery, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Protesters threaten, throw water on KTVI reporter covering protest in St. Louis

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 15, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Dan Gray (KTVI)

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

University of Texas journalist attacked at immigrant rights protest

Incident Details

Updated On: August 2, 2018
Date of Incident: September 1, 2017
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Chase Karacostas (The Daily Texan)

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

Reporter Mike Kessler's camera is smashed in Berkeley

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Mike Kessler (Freelance)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Documentary production assistant has phone knocked out of hands by protesters

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Nathan Hope (Independent)

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

KTVU reporter assaulted while covering protest in Berkeley

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 27, 2017
Location: Berkeley, California
Targets: Leigh Martinez (KTVU)

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

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