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Reporter arrested, held for 16 hours while covering Louisville protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Shelby Talcott (Daily Caller)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Louisville Metro Police Department
Charges →: Curfew violation: breaking curfew order

Sep. 24, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 20, 2020: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

Sep. 24, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 20, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: September 24, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter arrested, held 12 hours while covering Louisville protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Jorge Ventura (Daily Caller)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Louisville Metro Police Department
Charges →: Failure to obey

Sep. 24, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 20, 2020: Charges dropped

Rioting: failure to disperse

Sep. 24, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 20, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: September 24, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Independent reporter arrested while covering Louisville protest

Incident Details

Updated On: November 24, 2020
Date of Incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Ian Kennedy (Freelance)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Louisville Metro Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sep. 24, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 24, 2020: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

Sep. 24, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 24, 2020: Charges dropped
Release Date →: September 24, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Camera kicked by individual during Rhode Island protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Targets: Paul Duddy (WLNE-TV)

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Portland police shove journalist covering protest over Breonna Taylor grand jury decision

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Ariston Vallejos (Freelance)

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

Social media journalist hit with projectile while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Chris Khatami (Freelance)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Multimedia journalist repeatedly pushed by police while covering L.A. protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)

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

Journalist shoved by Portland, Oregon, police during Breonna Taylor protest

Incident Details

Updated On: November 1, 2020
Date of Incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01882
Targets: Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (Independent)
Case Status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

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

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