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Photojournalist hit with projectiles, camera damaged at BLM protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 4, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Case number: 6:21-cv-06296
Targets: Martin Hawk (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

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

Photojournalist says he was targeted with pepper balls while covering a protest in Rochester

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Zach Roberts (NurPhoto Agency [Italy])

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

Journalist shot with pepper ball by police at anti-police brutality protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Case number: 6:21-cv-06296
Targets: Martin Hawk (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist hit with crowd-control munitions at BLM protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 2, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Case number: 6:21-cv-06296
Targets: Martin Hawk (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Independent filmmaker sprayed with chemical agent in Kenosha

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Ashley Dorelus (Freelance)

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

ACLU files for ‘false imprisonment’ against DC police after photojournalist arrested, equipment seized

Incident Details

Updated on: August 9, 2024
Date of incident: August 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:21-cv-02158
Targets: Oyoma Asinor (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: August 31, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Journalist shoved, shot with pepper balls during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Scott Keeler (Independent)

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

Journalist hit with crowd-control round during DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Wyatt Reed (Freelance)

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

Freelance journalist shoved by law enforcement in while covering protests in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist shoved by law enforcement in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Nicholas Lee (Freelance)

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

Portland journalist shoved by police while filming arrest of protester

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Garrison Davis (Freelance)

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

Social media journalist hit with projectile while covering DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Rawsmedia (Independent)

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

Rubber bullet breaks finger of photojournalist

Incident Details

Updated on: July 21, 2026
Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Case number: 2:23-cv-00880
Targets: Alyssa Schukar (The New York Times)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter pushed by police while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Roman Mendoza (The People’s Vanguard of Davis)

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

Getty photojournalist struck in head with rubber bullet during Kenosha protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 21, 2026
Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Case number: 2:23-cv-00880
Targets: Scott Olson (Getty Images)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Crowd harrasses, assaults photojournalist working for conservative news site at Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 24, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Rebecca Brannon (Alpha News)

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

Multimedia journalist says she was tackled by Portland police officers, her phone lost

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 23, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Grace Morgan (Freelance)

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

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

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

Videographer shoved by Portland police officers

Incident Details

Updated on: January 29, 2025
Date of incident: August 22, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:23-cv-01870
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Portland Tribune reporter pushed by police officer while covering far-right rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 22, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Zane Sparling (Portland Tribune)

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

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