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Journalist hit with crowd-control munitions, assaulted by police at protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 18, 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Case Status: Withdrawn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? →: No

Photojournalist hit with crowd-control munition during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jintak Han (Freelance)

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

Daily Caller reporter hit by projectile during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jorge Ventura (Daily Caller)

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

Journalist tackled twice by police officer at protest in Portland, Oregon

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 6, 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Case Status: Withdrawn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? →: No

Democrat and Chronicle photographer hit with projectile during Rochester protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 4, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Jamie Germano (Democrat and Chronicle)

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

Democrat and Chronicle photographer hit with pepper balls while covering Rochester protests

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 4, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Shawn Dowd (Democrat and Chronicle)

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

AFP reporter hit with a rubber bullet while covering unrest in Kenosha

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Robert Chiarito (Agence France-Presse)

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

Reporter falls while covering protest after officer removes her walker, camera

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 23, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Heather Van Wilde (Raindrop Works)

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

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 1

Miscellaneous equipment, 1
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

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