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Photojournalist hit with flash-bang grenade, pushed into bush at Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 8, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Nathan Howard (The Associated Press)

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

AP photojournalist assaulted by bystander during event in Philadelphia

Incident Details

Updated On: March 21, 2024
Date of Incident: June 4, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Matt Rourke (The Associated Press)

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

NYPD shoves AP photojournalist, preventing protest coverage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 2, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: May-E Wong (The Associated Press)

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

AP video journalist shoved by NYPD, prevented from covering protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 2, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Robert Bumsted (The Associated Press)

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

Reporters chased out of Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Park by officers in riot gear

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Hunter Walker (Yahoo News), Mike Balsamo (The Associated Press)

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AP reporter struck with projectile during Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: John Minchillo (The Associated Press)

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

AP photographer ordered to delete photos, leave Liberty University campus

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 24, 2020
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 26 (The Associated Press)

Equipment Broken →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private security

Reporters removed from Kansas Senate floor, threatened with loss of press passes

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 29, 2019
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Targets: Alec Gartner (KSNT), John Hanna (The Associated Press), Jonathan Shorman (The Kansas City Star), Sherman Smith (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: State government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

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