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Independent journalist assaulted at Seattle protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 17, 2025
Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Cam Higby (Today Is America)

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

Equipment damaged →: Protective equipment, 2
Actor →: Private individual

Student photojournalist hit with flash-bang shrapnel at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ethan Cohen ([California State University] Long Beach Current)

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

Photographer pushed by police while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anna Moltke (Independent)

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

Videographer hit by pepper ball while covering Oregon ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: February 3, 2026
Date of incident: June 13, 2025
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:25-cv-02170
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Photographer shoved to the ground by law enforcement at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Anna Moltke (Independent)

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

Journalist shoved to the ground by police at immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 11, 2025
Location: Whittier, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Los Angeles Public Press)

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

Photojournalist shot with pepper balls at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 11, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jen Golbeck (Freelance)

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

Reporter shoved, notebook damaged at Washington state protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 11, 2025
Location: Spokane, Washington
Targets: Anonymous reporter 7

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

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

LA Times reporter shoved by officer while covering immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 10, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: James Queally (Los Angeles Times)

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

Photojournalist pushed by officer while documenting LA freeway protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 10, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Benjamin Hanson (Middle East Images & Royol News)

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

CNN correspondent detained, removed from protest zone in LA

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jason Carroll (CNN)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: June 9, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

CNN photographer detained in kettle, removed from LA protest area

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 36 (CNN)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: June 9, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Police push correspondent on live TV during immigration protest in downtown LA

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Erin Burnett (CNN)

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

Photojournalist struck in helmet by crowd-control munition at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Michael Nigro (Freelance)

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

Agency photojournalist shot with crowd-control munitions at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Chelsea Lauren (Shutterstock)

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

Student journalist detained, hit by crowd-control rounds at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jake Crandall (The [Santa Monica College] Corsair)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: June 9, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Student journalist detained, shot at with pepper balls at Bay Area protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Aarya Mukherjee (The [UC Berkeley] Daily Californian)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: San Francisco Police Department
Detention date →: June 9, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Student journalist detained, shoved by police amid Bay Area protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Sam Grotenstein (The [UC Berkeley] Daily Californian)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: San Francisco Police Department
Detention date →: June 9, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

British television reporter shot with crowd-control munition at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Noel Phillips (ITV)

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

Journalist shoved, shot at and camera equipment damaged at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Wali Khan (Independent)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 2
Actor →: Law enforcement

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