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Freelance photojournalist assaulted multiple times while covering Capitol riots

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 6, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Christopher Morris (Freelance)

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

Reporter assaulted while covering anti-lockdown protest at Oregon Capitol

Incident Details

Updated on: December 9, 2021
Date of incident: December 21, 2020
Location: Salem, Oregon
Targets: Sergio Olmos (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

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

Photojournalist assaulted while covering anti-lockdown protest at Oregon Capitol

Incident Details

Updated on: December 9, 2021
Date of incident: December 21, 2020
Location: Salem, Oregon
Targets: Brian Hayes ([Salem] Statesman Journal)

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

Journalist handcuffed, removed from North Carolina courtroom after requesting press access to a hearing

Incident Details

Date of incident: December 8, 2020
Location: Graham, North Carolina
Targets: Tom Boney Jr. (The Alamance News)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: State Court
Type of denial →: Other

Journalist shoved, threatened by armed individual at pro-police rally in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 19, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Garrison Davis (Freelance)

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

November: Journalists harassed, threatened while covering election and social justice protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 2020
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

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Man attacks TV reporter filming outside of Nashville school

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 12, 2020
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Caresse Jackman (WSMV-TV)

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

Man attacks TV photojournalist filming outside of Nashville school

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 12, 2020
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 8 (WSMV-TV)

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

Jewish Insider reporter assaulted by crowd during Brooklyn anti-lockdown protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 7, 2021
Date of incident: October 7, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Jacob Kornbluh (Jewish Insider)

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

Independent filmmaker arrested while covering anti-ICE protest in New York City

Incident Details

Updated on: September 20, 2021
Date of incident: September 19, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Ronald Weaver II (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Sept. 19, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 20, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Judge bars Pennsylvania reporters from court proceeding

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 9, 2020
Location: York, Pennsylvania
Targets: Dylan Segelbaum (York Daily Record/Sunday News), Logan Hullinger (The York Dispatch)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: State Court
Type of denial →: Other

Freelance journalist suing after being arrested and placed in isolation while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 29, 2022
Date of incident: June 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01106
Targets: Cory Elia (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting arrest

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

July 8, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

July 8, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

July 8, 2020: Charges dropped

Assault: assault of a police officer

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

July 8, 2020: Charges dropped

Assault: assault of a police officer

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

July 8, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: disorderly conduct

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

July 8, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: July 1, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Press identification, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Detroit Metro Times journalist assaulted while covering civil unrest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 2, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Steve Neavling (Detroit Metro Times)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1

Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Journalist choked, pushed in encounter with police officers while covering protest in Ohio

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Targets: Nick Swartsell (Independent)

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

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

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist shoved to the ground by LAPD

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Barbara Davidson (Freelance)

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

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

Journalist says was knocked to the ground, kicked while covering LA demonstrations

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Henry Scott (Wehoville)

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

MLK50 journalist files lawsuit to regain access to Memphis mayor’s media list

Incident Details

Updated on: April 30, 2021
Date of incident: May 13, 2020
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Case number: 2:20-cv-02343
Targets: Wendi C. Thomas (MLK50: Justice Through Journalism)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Mayor
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Knoxville News Sentinel says reporter barred from coronavirus Zoom press briefing in apparent retaliation

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 8, 2020
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Targets: Vincent Gabrielle (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Agency
Type of denial →: Government event

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