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Journalist arrested while covering break-up of LA protest encampment

Incident Details

Updated on: July 7, 2021
Date of incident: September 13, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Talia (Jane) Ben-Ora (Freelance)

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

Sept. 13, 2020: Charges pending

July 7, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist Josie Huang arrested, charged with obstructing police in Los Angeles

Incident Details

Updated on: November 7, 2023
Date of incident: September 12, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Josie Huang (KPCC-FM/LAist)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Obstruction: resisting

Sept. 12, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 24, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: delaying or obstructing a public officer

Sept. 12, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 24, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 12, 2020
Release date →: September 13, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Julian Assange subpoenaed in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 12, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Julian Assange (WikiLeaks)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

July 1, 2018: Pending

Jan. 24, 2020: Quashed

Sept. 12, 2020: Upheld

Sept. 22, 2020: Upheld

March 29, 2021: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Photojournalist assaulted, threatened by LA sheriff’s deputies

Incident Details

Updated on: August 29, 2022
Date of incident: September 12, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:21-cv-03742
Targets: Nash Baker (OnScene.TV)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist surrounded, threatened with weapon, while filming Oregon fires

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 10, 2020
Location: Estacada, Oregon
Targets: Nathan Howard (Getty Images)

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

Man charged with throwing rocks at NYC’s WABC-TV studios

Incident Details

Updated on: October 25, 2023
Date of incident: September 9, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: WABC-TV

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

Judge bars Pennsylvania reporters from court proceeding

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 9, 2020
Location: York, Pennsylvania
Targets: Dylan Segelbaum (York Daily Record/Sunday News), Logan Hullinger (The York Dispatch)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: State Court
Type of denial →: Other

Man charged after smashing equipment of NYC TV station

Incident Details

Updated on: October 25, 2023
Date of incident: September 9, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: WPIX

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 1

External battery, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Student photojournalist arrested, equipment seized during LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 18, 2023
Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:21-cv-08378
Targets: Pablo Unzueta ([California State University, Long Beach] Daily Forty-Niner)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 9, 2020: Charges pending

March 1, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: September 9, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

Storage device, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in part
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Equipment damaged →: Storage device, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Sept. 10, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Independent journalist says she was pushed with baton by Portland police officer while filming an arrest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

Freelance journalist assaulted, arrested during LA protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 18, 2023
Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:23-cv-04917
Targets: Julianna Lacoste (Freelance)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 8, 2020: Charges pending

Jan. 6, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: September 9, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Equipment bag, 1

Cellphone, 1

Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Photojournalist shot with projectile and pepper ball at South Los Angeles protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Brian Feinzimer (Independent)

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

Livestreamer arrested, assaulted during LA protest; phone searched

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 8, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Case number: 2:20-cv-09805
Targets: Hugo Padilla (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sept. 8, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 11, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 8, 2020
Release date →: September 9, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Equipment searched or seized →: Protective equipment, 1

Cellphone, 1

Bicycle, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in part
Search warrant obtained →: Yes

Legal orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Sept. 9, 2020: Pending

Sept. 10, 2020: Upheld

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Journalist covering pro-Trump demonstration hit by paintballs in Oregon

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Salem, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist hit with crowd-control munition during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jintak Han (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist arrested while covering Portland protests, her phone damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Rach Wilde (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 7, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: September 7, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Daily Caller reporter hit by projectile during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 7, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jorge Ventura (Daily Caller)

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

Broadcast journalist stabbed with scissors while reporting in Boston

Incident Details

Updated on: August 12, 2022
Date of incident: September 6, 2020
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Ted Wayman (WCVB-TV)

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

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

Journalist tackled twice by police officer at protest in Portland, Oregon

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 6, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01882
Targets: Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (Independent)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist hit with projectiles, detained by police during Rochester protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 5, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Mustafa Hussain (Freelance)

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

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

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