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PA photographer, investigative reporter assaulted by business owner

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 15, 2022
Location: South Centre Township, Pennsylvania
Targets: L Bacerra (WBRE-TV/WYOU)

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

Reporter assaulted while filming looting in Philadelphia

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Elijah Schaffer (Blaze News)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Photojournalist assaulted, threatened with firearm while covering Pittsburgh protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 22, 2020
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Ed Thompson (Freelance)

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

Judge bars Pennsylvania reporters from court proceeding

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 9, 2020
Location: York, Pennsylvania
Targets: Dylan Segelbaum (York Daily Record/Sunday News), Logan Hullinger (York Dispatch)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: District Court
Type of denial →: Other

Pennsylvania reporter assaulted while covering picket line

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 23, 2020
Location: Farrell, Pennsylvania
Targets: Michael Roknick (The [Sharon] Herald)

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

Philadelphia Inquirer reporter arrested during ‘defund the police’ protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 23, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Samantha Melamed (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Philadelphia Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Unicorn Riot reporter assaulted by crowd defending Columbus statue in Philadelphia

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 14, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Christopher Schiano (Unicorn Riot)

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

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

Unicorn Riot reporter assaulted, his bike damaged in Philadelphia

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 13, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Christopher Schiano (Unicorn Riot)

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

Equipment Broken →: Bicycle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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