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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

Photojournalist threatened, assaulted by Minnesota State Patrol 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: Chris Tuite (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing, 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 broken →: 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

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