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Police officers rushed, shoved journalist covering Portland protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 15, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Jacob Prescott (Independent)

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

Police strike journalist with baton at Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 14, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Sean Bascom (Freelance)

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

Police grabs at journalist’s phone during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 14, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Garrison Davis (Freelance)

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

Police shove journalist during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 14, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Independent)

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

Washington Post journalist chased by looters in Chicago

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 10, 2020
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Mark Guarino (The Washington Post)

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

Journalist arrested while covering North Carolina protest

Incident Details

Updated on: September 9, 2021
Date of incident: August 9, 2020
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Veronica Coit (The Asheville Blade)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Asheville Police Department
Charges →: Traffic violation: impeding the flow of traffic with a vehicle

Aug. 9, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 9, 2021: Charges dropped

Rioting: failure to disperse on command

Aug. 9, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 9, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Independent filmmaker pepper sprayed while covering Ferguson protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 9, 2020
Location: Ferguson, Missouri
Targets: Chris Phillips (Freelance)

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

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

Independent videographer says he was shoved, shot in finger by law enforcement while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 9, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Nicholas Lee (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist’s camera slapped away, blocked at rally against defunding Seattle Police Department

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 9, 2020
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Noah Riffe (Anadolu Agency [Turkey])

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

Journalist’s arm fractured by crowd-control munitions during a Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 9, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Seth Dunlap (Independent)

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

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

Portland-based independent photojournalist assaulted and arrested

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 6, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Maranie Staab (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Obstruction: harassment of an officer

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 13, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a police officer

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 13, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: August 7, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

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

Independent journalist shoved and maced by police officers during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 1, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Jake Johnson (Freelance)

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

Federal agents in Portland spray independent journalist with a chemical irritant

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Independent)

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

Journalist hit in face with pepper ball fired by federal officers at Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Teebs Auberdine (Freelance)

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

Federal officers hit journalist multiple times with crowd-control rounds during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Cory Elia (Village Portland)

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

Independent journalist hit with multiple projectiles fired by federal agents while covering Portland protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 28, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist struck by multiple crowd-control munitions fired by federal agents in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 28, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Jasper Florence (Independent)

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

Independent Portland multimedia journalist tackled, maced and arrested by federal agents

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 27, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Grace Morgan (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Federal Agents
Charges →: Assault: assault on a federal officer

July 27, 2020: Charges pending

July 27, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Equipment damaged →: Equipment bag, 1

Protective equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Independent journalist arrested, held for eight hours by Richmond police

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 26, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Madeleine “Molly” Conger (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Richmond Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing

July 26, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 1, 2020: Charges pending

Dec. 3, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: July 27, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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