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CBS4 News reporter hit, sprayed with alcohol as she reported in Miami Beach

Incident Details

Updated on: August 8, 2022
Date of incident: May 12, 2021
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Bobeth Yates (WFOR-TV)

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

CBS4 News photojournalist assaulted, camera damaged as he covered story in Miami Beach

Incident Details

Updated on: August 8, 2022
Date of incident: May 12, 2021
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Ebenezer Mends (WFOR-TV)

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

Equipment broken →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Broadcast reporter threatened, spat on by man at event with Michigan governor

Incident Details

Updated on: September 10, 2021
Date of incident: May 6, 2021
Location: Greilickville, Michigan
Targets: Cortney Brown (WPBN-TV)

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

Michigan broadcast reporter assaulted by a man who grabs and throws her microphone

Incident Details

Updated on: September 10, 2021
Date of incident: May 6, 2021
Location: Greilickville, Michigan
Targets: Natalie Spala (WPBN-TV)

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

Equipment broken →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Two Valley News Live journalists attacked in Fargo by man with screwdriver

Incident Details

Updated on: October 20, 2021
Date of incident: May 3, 2021
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Targets: Nachai Taylor (KVLY-TV)

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

Valley News Live journalists attacked in North Dakota, camera damaged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 20, 2021
Date of incident: May 3, 2021
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Targets: Michael Downs (KVLY-TV)

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

Equipment broken →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist hit with multiple crowd-control munitions during Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: PJ Docs (Independent)

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

Photojournalist assaulted, detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Updated on: February 8, 2024
Date of incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Tim Evans (Freelance)
Case status: Ongoing, 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 broken →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

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