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Investigative reporter targeted with pepper spray, tear gar amid Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Ryan Raiche (KSTP-TV)

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

Independent photojournalist targeted with pepper spray amid Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Sait Serkan Gurbuz (Independent)

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

German reporter shot at, threatened with arrest amid Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Stefan Simons (Deutsche Welle [Germany])

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

Canadian journalist struck with munitions while covering Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Susan Ormiston (CBC News [Canada])

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

Police tear gas, fire projectiles at journalist on assignment for New York Times

Incident Details

Updated on: September 12, 2025
Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Katie G. Nelson (The New York Times)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Minneapolis news crew held at gunpoint, menaced with crowbar

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Devin Krinke (KARE)

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

Swiss journalist shot at with crowd-control munitions amid Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Massimiliano Herber (Radiotelevisione svizzera)

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

Swiss correspondent shot at with crowd-control munitions amid Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Gaspard Kühn (Radio Télévision Suisse)

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

Swiss videographer shot at with crowd-control munitions amid Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Jean-Pascal Azaïs (Radiotelevisione svizzera)

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

Photojournalist shot at with crowd-control munitions amid Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Peter Norton (RumJungle)

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

Broadcast correspondent shot at with crowd-control munitions during Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Michael George (CBS News)

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

Live 5 News reporter in vehicle attacked during Charleston protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Targets: Rob Way (WCSC-TV)

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

Live 5 News producer in vehicle attacked during Charleston protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Targets: Allyson Cook (WCSC-TV)

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

Journalist pushed repeatedly by police at Denver protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 30, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Case number: 1:22-cv-01300
Targets: Shavonne Blades (Yellow Scene Magazine)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter assaulted live on air at Phoenix protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Targets: Briana Whitney (KTVK/KPHO-TV)

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

Freelance photojournalist permanently blinded during Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Updated on: May 26, 2022
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01338
Targets: Linda Tirado (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment damaged →: Protective equipment, 1

Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Chief photographer at WLKY news crews attacked by individuals in Louisville

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Paul Ahmann (WLKY)

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

Photojournalists for Review-Journal arrested while covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated on: November 4, 2020
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Ellen Schmidt (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May 30, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 4, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist arrested covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 28, 2020
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Bridget Bennett (Agence France-Presse [France])

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May 30, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 28, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

CBS4 Denver journalists and another news crew pepper sprayed by individual

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Jamie Leary (KCNC-TV)

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

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