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Freelance photojournalist permanently blinded during Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Updated on: May 26, 2022
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01338
Targets: Linda Tirado (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

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

Chief photographer at WLKY news crews attacked by individuals in Louisville

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Paul Ahmann (WLKY)

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

News vehicle reported vandalized in Los Angeles amid protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: KABC-TV

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

Rock thrown through window of WSB-TV news vehicle during Atlanta protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: WSB-TV

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

Photojournalists for Review-Journal arrested while covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated on: November 4, 2020
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Ellen Schmidt (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May 30, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 4, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist arrested covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 28, 2020
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Bridget Bennett (Agence France-Presse [France])

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May 30, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 28, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

CBS4 Denver journalists and another news crew pepper sprayed by individual

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Jamie Leary (KCNC-TV)

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

‘I’m covered with bruises.’ Photojournalist says Denver police targeted her with pepper balls and rubber bullets

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Madeleine Kelly (Freelance)

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

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