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Student journalist shoved to ground by state trooper while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Estelle Timar-Wilcox (The Mac Weekly)

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

Student journalist hit with projectile while covering protest in Brooklyn Center

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 14, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Kori Suzuki (The Mac Weekly)

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

Getty photojournalist’s camera damaged by rubber bullets at Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 14, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Scott Olson (Getty Images)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera equipment, 1

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter struck by projectile while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 13, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Andy Mannix (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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

Journalist hit by pepper balls while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: James Croxton (Double Sided Media)

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

Photojournalist charged with failure to disperse while covering Echo Park protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Robert “Chip” Sneed (Independent)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 29, 2021: Charges dropped
Release Date →: March 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Independent videographer struck with batons while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 8, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Vishal Singh (Independent)

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

Independent journalist struck in the head with crowd-control munitions during anti-ICE protest in Portland

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 20, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Jarrid Huber (Independent)

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

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