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Photojournalist assaulted, detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Updated on: September 12, 2025
Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Tim Evans (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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

Photojournalist threatened, assaulted by Minnesota State Patrol while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Updated on: September 12, 2025
Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Chris Tuite (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Photojournalist for Status Coup shoved, pulled by law enforcement officers

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Jon Farina (Status Coup)

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

Photojournalist detained, ‘tackled’ by law enforcement in Brooklyn Center

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Joshua Rashaad McFadden (The New York Times)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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

AFP photojournalist, news crew pepper-sprayed at Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Chandan Khanna (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

Journalist hit with flash-bang grenade while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Brad Svenson (Watchdog Citizen News)

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

Photojournalist for New York Times thrown to ground, detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Aaron Nesheim (The New York Times)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Block Club Chicago journalist assaulted, his camera damaged at protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Colin Boyle (Block Club Chicago)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 2

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

CNN news team harassed, assaulted while covering Brooklyn Center protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 14, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Miguel Marquez (CNN)

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

Social media journalists detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 14, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Naasir Akailvi (The Neighborhood Reporter)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: External battery, 1

Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Local social media journalists detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 14, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Tracy Gunapalan (The Neighborhood Reporter)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photographer arrested, cited while covering Brooklyn Center protests

Incident Details

Updated on: May 21, 2021
Date of incident: April 13, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Adam Gray (SWNS [UK])

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Charges →: Failure to obey: failure to follow a lawful order

April 13, 2021: Charges pending

May 21, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Unicorn Riot journalist shot with projectile in Brooklyn Center

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 13, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Niko Georgiades (Unicorn Riot)

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

Photojournalist hit by officers with batons during Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 13, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Joshua Rashaad McFadden (The New York Times)

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

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

Officers point weapons at photojournalist, pull him out of car at Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Updated on: September 12, 2025
Date of incident: April 13, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Chris Tuite (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Videographer pushed, phone knocked from her hands

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (Independent)

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

Photojournalist on assignment for New York Times hit with projectiles while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Joshua Rashaad McFadden (The New York Times)

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

Researcher documenting Portland protests shoved by police

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Juniper Simonis (Independent)

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

Photojournalist for New York Times targeted with pepper spray at Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Aaron Nesheim (The New York Times)

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

Researcher documenting Portland protests hit multiple times with crowd-control rounds

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Juniper Simonis (Independent)

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

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