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Central Track editor hit with flash-bang grenade while covering Dallas protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Pete Freedman (Central Track)

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

Photojournalist hit with multiple projectiles while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: February 6, 2024
Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:21-cv-03760
Targets: Nick Stern (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Rubber bullet hits LA Times photojournalist’s camera and arm

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Luis Sinco (Los Angeles Times)

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

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

Documentary filmmaker pepper-sprayed by NYPD while covering Brooklyn protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Christopher Frierson (Independent)

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

Omaha news car spray painted with profanity during late May protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Targets: KMTV-TV

Equipment damaged →: Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Social media journalist hit with projectile while covering Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Brad Svenson (Watchdog Citizen News)

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

Yellow Scene Magazine editor shot with pepper balls while covering Denver protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 7, 2022
Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Case number: 1:20-cv-01878
Targets: Johnathen Duran (Yellow Scene Magazine)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Fox News correspondent, crew chased from park while documenting DC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Leland Vittert (Fox News)

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

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