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Photojournalist pepper-sprayed, camera smacked at clashing LA protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Shay Horse (Freelance)

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

Reporter’s phone knocked to the ground, later stolen at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sergio Olmos (CalMatters)

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

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

Reporter sprayed with chemical irritant while covering clashing LA protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Cam Higby (Today Is America)

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

Photojournalist’s camera snatched, smashed during clashes at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Nick Stern (Independent)

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Independent videographer attacked at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Independent)

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

Photographer pulled, struck while covering LA protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Justin Jun (Independent)

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

Journalist assaulted at LA protest, has camera damaged and iPhone stolen

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Kate Burns (Left Coast Right Watch)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Journalist shoved, phone briefly stolen during clashes at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Independent)

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

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

Reporter asked to leave event after questioning New York governor

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Sam Mellins (New York Focus)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Governor
Type of denial →: Government event

Photojournalist pushed, camera lens broken during LA protest clashes

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anonymous photojournalist 5 (Independent)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist pushed multiple times at protest outside LA synagogue

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: David Swanson (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

Freelance photojournalist’s camera struck while covering LA protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jon Putman (Freelance)

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

Legal journalist may publish revenge porn plaintiff’s name after prior restraint overturned

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 20, 2024
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Targets: Eugene Volokh (The Volokh Conspiracy)

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Student journalist arrested while covering Stanford protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 13, 2025
Date of incident: June 5, 2024
Location: Stanford, California
Targets: Dilan Gohill (The Stanford Daily)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Stanford Department of Public Safety
Charges →: Theft: burglary

June 5, 2024: Charges pending

March 6, 2025: Charges dropped
Detention date →: June 5, 2024
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

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

Broadcast photographer struck, kicked outside Massachusetts court

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 3, 2024
Location: Taunton, Massachusetts
Targets: James Cullity (WFXT)

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

Television reporter struck while reporting outside Massachusetts court

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 3, 2024
Location: Taunton, Massachusetts
Targets: Brian Felsenthal (WPRI-TV)

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

Turkish journalist slapped repeatedly during live broadcast in Pennsylvania

Incident Details

Updated on: August 8, 2024
Date of incident: June 1, 2024
Location: Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
Targets: Yunus Paksoy (CNN Türk [Turkey])

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

New York newspaper to sue Nassau County, alleging retaliation for coverage

Incident Details

Updated on: March 6, 2025
Date of incident: June 2024
Location: Melville, New York
Case number: 2:25-cv-01297
Targets: Newsday
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Turkish photojournalist shoved to the ground by police at NYC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Fatih Aktaş (Anadolu Agency [Turkey])

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

Justice Department questions journalist’s motives in reporting on federal terror case

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2024
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Trevor Aaronson (The Intercept)

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