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Des Moines Register reporter hit with pepper spray in face after repeatedly identifying as press

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Katie Akin (The Des Moines Register)

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

Reuters White House correspondent assaulted while covering DC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Andy Sullivan (Reuters)

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

7News van windows smashed during Boston protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: WHDH

Equipment damaged →: Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photographer struck in face with officer’s baton while documenting protests; lawsuit filed against NYPD

Incident Details

Updated on: April 9, 2025
Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Case number: 1:21-cv-06610
Targets: Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Student journalist pepper sprayed, threatened with arrest while covering Columbus protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Targets: Max Garrison (The [Ohio State University] Lantern)

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

Student journalist pepper sprayed, threatened with arrest during Columbus protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Targets: Sarah Szilagy (The [Ohio State University] Lantern)

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

Australian cameraman assaulted by police amid chaotic crackdowns in DC

Incident Details

Updated on: May 24, 2023
Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Tim Myers (7News [Australia])

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

Russian reporter assaulted by police in chaotic June 1 crackdowns in DC

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Nicole Roussell (Sputnik [Russia])

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

Reuters reporter assaulted while covering DC protests on June 1

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jonathan Landay (Reuters)

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

Independent photojournalist sues following arrest, assault at Des Moines protest

Incident Details

Updated on: August 21, 2024
Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Case number: 4:21-cv-00042
Targets: Mark “Ted” Nieters (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Des Moines Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

June 1, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 13, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: June 1, 2020
Release date →: June 2, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Journalist arrested amid protests in Lincoln, Nebraska

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Targets: Chris Dunker (Lincoln Journal Star)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Reporter pepper sprayed, arrested amid protests in Des Moines

Incident Details

Updated on: March 10, 2021
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Andrea Sahouri (The Des Moines Register)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Des Moines Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May 31, 2020: Charges pending

March 10, 2021: Acquitted

Obstruction: interference with official acts

May 31, 2020: Charges pending

March 10, 2021: Acquitted
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Sheriff’s deputies shoot reporter with pepper balls in California protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: La Mesa, California
Targets: Andrew Dyer (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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

Minnesota State Patrol officers threaten reporter for German outlet

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Maximilian Förg (Deutsche Welle [Germany])

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

Journalist shoved by police while filming arrests in Ohio

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Targets: Nick Swartsell ([Cincinnati] CityBeat)

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist shoved to the ground by LAPD

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Barbara Davidson (Freelance)

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

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

Photojournalist’s jaw broken at Washington, D.C., protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Matthew Rodier (Freelance)

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

Getty photojournalist hit with rubber bullets in Detroit; officer charged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 21, 2024
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Matthew Hatcher (Getty Images)

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

CNN journalist assaulted while covering DC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Josh Replogle (CNN)

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

WSJ reporter says NYPD hit him in face, shoved him to ground during protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Tyler Blint-Welsh (The Wall Street Journal)

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

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