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Daily Caller journalist beaten, detained by police while covering protests in Wisconsin

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 8, 2020
Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Targets: Richie McGinniss (Daily Caller)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Wauwatosa Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Daily Caller journalist hit, detained by police while covering Wisconsin protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 8, 2020
Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Targets: Shelby Talcott (Daily Caller)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Wauwatosa Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Jewish Insider reporter assaulted by crowd during Brooklyn anti-lockdown protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 7, 2021
Date of incident: October 7, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Jacob Kornbluh (Jewish Insider)

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

Journalist assaulted while covering meeting of Oregon group

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 4, 2020
Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
Targets: Chris Bristol (Grants Pass Daily Courier)

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

Independent journalist says she was deliberately sprayed with chemical irritant by police during Seattle protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 3, 2020
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (Independent)

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

Video journalist threatened, shoved during Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2024
Date of incident: October 2, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:23-cv-01870
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Journalist shoved multiple times by law enforcement officers while covering Portland protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 27, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Sean Bascom (Freelance)

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

Freelance journalist shoved, camera damaged during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 27, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Michael Elliott (Freelance)

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

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

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