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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 DC 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

Photojournalist hit in head by projectile while covering Santa Monica protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Santa Monica, California
Targets: Jason Ryan (Freelance)

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

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

BBC videographer slammed by officer’s shield during DC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Peter Murtaugh (BBC News [United Kingdom])

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

Videographer hit by police projectile during Portland protest on May 31

Incident Details

Updated on: January 29, 2025
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 20CV19838
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Photographer says he was targeted by police with projectiles and tear gas during Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Broadcast anchor attacked while covering protests in Birmingham

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Targets: Stephen Quinn (WBMA-LD)

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

DC police threaten Turkish VOA reporter, team with batons

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Mehtap Yilmaz (Voice of America)

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

Detroit Free Press reporter charged by police, told to leave

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Mark Kurlyandchik (Detroit Free Press)

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

Detroit Free Press reporter shoved by police while covering protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Darcie Moran (Detroit Free Press)

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

Public Radio reporters shot at with pepper balls while covering Louisville protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Jess Clark (Kentucky Public Radio)

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

Oregon reporter hit with tear gas canister while documenting protests; city settles lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Case number: 6:20-cv-01180
Targets: Henry Houston (Eugene Weekly)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

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