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Photographer hit with pepper ball during Rochester protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Tina MacIntyre-Yee (Democrat and Chronicle)

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

Photojournalist says he was targeted with pepper balls while covering a protest in Rochester

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Targets: Zach Roberts (NurPhoto [Italy])

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

Independent filmmaker sprayed with chemical agent in Kenosha

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Ashley Dorelus (Freelance)

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

September: Journalists tear-gassed, harassed and threatened with arrest while covering national protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2020
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

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Freelance journalist hit with rubber bullet while covering protests in DC

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Andrew Jasiura (Freelance)

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

ACLU files for ‘false imprisonment’ against Washington, D.C., police after photojournalist arrested, equipment seized

Incident Details

Updated on: August 9, 2024
Date of incident: August 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:21-cv-02158
Targets: Oyoma Asinor (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Metropolitan Police Department
Charges →: Rioting

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges dropped
Detention date →: August 31, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Journalist shoved, shot with pepper balls during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Scott Keeler (Independent)

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

Journalist hit with crowd-control round during DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Wyatt Reed (Freelance)

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

Freelance journalist shoved by law enforcement in while covering protests in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist shoved by law enforcement in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Nicholas Lee (Freelance)

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

Portland journalist shoved by police while filming arrest of protester

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Garrison Davis (Freelance)

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

New York Times bureau chief hit with paintball while covering pro-Trump rally in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Mike Baker (The New York Times)

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

Social media journalist hit with projectile while covering DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Rawsmedia (Independent)

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

ACLU sues Washington, D.C., police for violating photojournalist’s rights during protests

Incident Details

Updated on: August 9, 2024
Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:21-cv-02158
Targets: Bryan Dozier (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Journalist hit with paintballs while covering a pro-Trump caravan in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Cory Elia (Village Portland)

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

Independent journalist pepper sprayed, pushed by police while covering San Diego protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 28, 2020
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: James Stout (Freelance)

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

Journalist arrested and charged with breaking curfew in Minneapolis

Incident Details

Updated on: November 19, 2020
Date of incident: August 27, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Sam Richards (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Curfew violation: failure to comply with a lawful order

Aug. 27, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 19, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Police action damages camera of journalist as he covers protests in Washington, D.C.

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

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

Rubber bullet breaks finger of photojournalist

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Alyssa Schukar (The New York Times)

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

AFP reporter hit with a rubber bullet while covering unrest in Kenosha

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Robert Chiarito (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

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