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Videographer pushed, phone knocked from her hands

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (Independent)

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

Photojournalist on assignment for New York Times hit with projectiles while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Joshua Rashaad McFadden (The New York Times)

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

Researcher documenting Portland protests shoved by police

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Juniper Simonis (Independent)

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

Photojournalist for New York Times targeted with pepper spray at Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 12, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Aaron Nesheim (The New York Times)

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

Freelance journalist struck in chest with flash-bang grenade during Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Tim Speier (Freelance)

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

Researcher documenting Portland protests hit multiple times with crowd-control rounds

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Juniper Simonis (Independent)

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

Journalist hit by pepper balls while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 11, 2021
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: James Croxton (Double Sided Media)

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

Videographer assaulted, his phone thrown over a fence while covering Detroit protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 10, 2021
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Brendan Gutenschwager (Freelance)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Justice Department secretly obtained emails from Project Veritas founder

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 9, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: James O'Keefe (Project Veritas)

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

April 9, 2021: Pending

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Third-party: Microsoft (tech company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

San Francisco reporter pepper-sprayed during attempted robbery, the second in as many months

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 7, 2021
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Don Ford (KPIX-TV)

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

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

April: Journalists ordered to disperse, threatened with arrest while reporting on racial justice protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 2021
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

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Judge quashes subpoena for Fortune magazine reporter’s notes from profile of Theranos ex-CEO

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 26, 2021
Location: San Jose, California
Targets: Roger Parloff (Fortune)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 26, 2021: Pending

Sept. 15, 2021: Objected to

Oct. 14, 2021: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

March 26, 2021: Pending

Sept. 15, 2021: Objected to

Oct. 14, 2021: Quashed

Motion to compel for communications or work product

Sept. 17, 2021: Pending

Oct. 5, 2021: Objected to

Oct. 14, 2021: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

LA Times reporter among multiple journalists detained while covering Echo Park protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: James Queally (Los Angeles Times)

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

L.A. Taco reporter detained while covering Echo Park protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)

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

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

Knock LA reporter arrested while covering Echo Park protest, charged with failure to disperse

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Incident Details

Updated on: February 2, 2026
Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:22-cv-03106
Targets: Jonathan Peltz (Knock LA)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: March 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Spectrum News 1 reporter detained while covering protest at LA’s Echo Park

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Kate Cagle (Spectrum News 1 | Southern California)

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

Reporter for Knock LA arrested with colleague while covering Echo Park protest in LA

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Incident Details

Updated on: February 2, 2026
Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:22-cv-03106
Targets: Kate Gallagher (Knock LA)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: March 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

While documenting LA’s Echo Park protest, videographer arrested, charged with failure to disperse

Incident Details

Updated on: April 7, 2021
Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 26, 2021: Charges pending

April 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: March 26, 2021
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Independent photojournalist detained while covering Echo Park protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ashley Balderrama (Independent)

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

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

Independent photojournalist hit with rubber bullets while covering Echo Park protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Christian Monterrosa (Independent)

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

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