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Reporter’s fingertip nearly severed by projectiles at LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: June 23, 2026
Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jeremy Cuenca ([Los Angeles City College] Collegian)

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

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

Journalist struck with crowd-control munition, press credential damaged

Incident Details

Updated on: July 10, 2026
Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05563
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Los Angeles Public Press)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Class Action

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

Equipment damaged →: Press identification, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Reporter struck by police projectile while covering LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anonymous reporter 6

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

Photojournalist shoved by police, knocked aside by horse at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 39

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

Student journalist detained amid San Francisco immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Sam Grotenstein (The [UC Berkeley] Daily Californian)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: San Francisco Police Department
Detention date →: June 8, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Student reporter thrown and later detained at Bay Area immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Aarya Mukherjee (The [UC Berkeley] Daily Californian)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: San Francisco Police Department
Detention date →: June 8, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Photographer shot at with projectile at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Victor Montiel (Independent)

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

Journalist clipped by crowd-control round at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Dexter Thomas (Independent)

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

Photojournalist pushed, batoned, pelted with projectiles at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Henry Cherry (Independent)

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

Student journalist bruised by projectiles at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Delfino Camacho ([California State University] Long Beach Current & ENYE)

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

Livestreamer detained by federal officers at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Gonzalo Gonzalez (Independent)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Department of Homeland Security
Detention date →: June 8, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Reporter removed from congressional town hall in New York for taking pictures

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Mahopac, New York
Targets: David McKay Wilson (The Journal News)

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

Officers aim projectile launchers at photojournalist at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: J.W. Hendricks (CalMatters)

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

Journalist targeted by police with projectile launchers at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 8, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Wali Khan (Independent)

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

Journalist shot with crowd-control munitions at immigration protest near LA

Incident Details

Updated on: June 18, 2025
Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Compton, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05541
Targets: Ben Camacho (The Southlander)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter struck with pepper balls while covering LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 10, 2026
Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:25-cv-05563
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Class Action

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

Munition strikes photojournalist at LA protest, shrapnel surgically removed

Incident Details

Updated on: February 18, 2026
Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Compton, California
Case number: 26CMCV00335
Targets: Nick Stern (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Officer pushes reporter in press vest at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Mekahlo Medina (KNBC)

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

Reporter struck by pepper pellets and tear gas while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Mekahlo Medina (KNBC)

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

Photojournalist struck by pepper pellets, tear-gassed while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 7, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 37 (KNBC)

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

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