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Photojournalist shot with projectile and pepper ball at South Los Angeles protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Brian Feinzimer (Independent)

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

Journalist covering pro-Trump demonstration hit by paintballs in Oregon

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Salem, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist arrested while covering Portland protests, her phone damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Rach Wilde (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 7, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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

Broadcast journalist stabbed with scissors while reporting in Boston

Incident Details

Updated on: August 12, 2022
Date of incident: September 6, 2020
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Ted Wayman (WCVB-TV)

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

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

Photojournalist hit with projectiles, detained by police during Rochester protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Mustafa Hussain (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Rochester Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Journalist pushed, threatened with arrest as Portland protest declared a riot

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Lesley McLam (KBOO-FM)

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

Photojournalist hit with ‘dozens’ of projectiles during Rochester protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Zach Roberts (NurPhoto [Italy])

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

Journalist assaulted as Portland protest declared a riot

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Independent)

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

Journalist covering BLM protests hit with projectiles on fourth straight day

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Case number: 6:21-cv-06296
Targets: Martin Hawk (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Journalist caught in chemical irritants and threatened with arrest while covering Rochester protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 4, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Vanessa J. Cheeks (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist hit with projectiles, camera damaged at BLM protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 4, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Case number: 6:21-cv-06296
Targets: Martin Hawk (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

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

Photojournalist says he was targeted with pepper balls while covering a protest in Rochester

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Zach Roberts (NurPhoto [Italy])

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

Journalist shot with pepper ball by police at anti-police brutality protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Case number: 6:21-cv-06296
Targets: Martin Hawk (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist hit with crowd-control munitions at BLM protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 2, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Case number: 6:21-cv-06296
Targets: Martin Hawk (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Independent filmmaker sprayed with chemical agent in Kenosha

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Ashley Dorelus (Freelance)

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

ACLU files for ‘false imprisonment’ against Washington, D.C., police after photojournalist arrested, equipment seized

Incident Details

Updated on: August 9, 2024
Date of incident: August 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:21-cv-02158
Targets: Oyoma Asinor (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: August 31, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

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

Journalist shoved, shot with pepper balls during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Scott Keeler (Independent)

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

Journalist hit with crowd-control round during DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Wyatt Reed (Freelance)

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

Freelance journalist shoved by law enforcement in while covering protests in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist shoved by law enforcement in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Nicholas Lee (Freelance)

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

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