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Restauranteur steals reporter’s cellphones during interview

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 5, 2019
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Targets: Priscilla Totiyapungprasert (Arizona Republic)

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

Equipment Broken →: Cellphone, 2
Actor →: Public figure

Man robs and briefly kidnaps NBC affiliate reporter at gunpoint

Incident Details

Updated On: July 7, 2021
Date of Incident: August 27, 2019
Location: Kennewick, Washington
Targets: Unidentified reporter 1 (KNDU)

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

Equipment Broken →: Recording equipment, 1

Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Private security guard assaults journalist, confiscates camera during summit

Incident Details

Updated On: August 20, 2019
Date of Incident: August 3, 2019
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Targets: Charlie Kratovil (New Brunswick Today)

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

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

Portland journalist attacked, equipment stolen at protest

Incident Details

Updated On: August 21, 2023
Date of Incident: June 29, 2019
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 20CV19618
Targets: Andy Ngo (Independent)
Case Status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

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

CBS San Francisco news reporter robbed at gunpoint, security guard shot

Incident Details

Updated On: October 18, 2021
Date of Incident: February 24, 2019
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Joe Vazquez (KPIX-TV)

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

CBS San Francisco photographer robbed at gunpoint, security guard shot

Incident Details

Updated On: October 18, 2021
Date of Incident: February 24, 2019
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: John Anglin (KPIX-TV)

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

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

Reporter hit in face, has phone stolen while interviewing voters in Los Angeles

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 26, 2019
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tina-Desiree Berg (Washington Babylon)

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

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

Protesters attack independent livestreamer in San Francisco, steal his phone

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 26, 2017
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Nathan Stolpman (Independent)

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

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