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Journalist receives failure to disperse charge months after documenting Dodgers win

Incident Details

Updated on: March 9, 2021
Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)

Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

March 3, 2021: Charges pending

March 9, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter assaulted while filming looting in Philadelphia

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Elijah Schaffer (Blaze News)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Student journalist struck with crowd-control munitions amid Dodgers celebrations

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 27, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Emily Holshouser ([California State University, Northridge] Daily Sundial)

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

Independent photojournalist threatened by man with a gun in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 24, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Maranie Staab (Freelance)

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

Videojournalist assaulted, equipment broken during Austin demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 24, 2020
Location: Austin, Texas
Targets: Hiram Gilberto Garcia (Freelance)

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

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

Photojournalist hit with pepper balls fired by federal agents while covering protest in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 18, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Sean Bascom (Freelance)

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

Independent photojournalist hit with pepper balls fired by federal agents in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 18, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Maranie Staab (Independent)

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

Journalist shoved, hit with projectiles during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 17, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist sprayed with chemical irritants during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 17, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Cole Howard (Freelance)

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

Man attacks TV reporter filming outside of Nashville school

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 12, 2020
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Caresse Jackman (WSMV-TV)

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

Man attacks TV photojournalist filming outside of Nashville school

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 12, 2020
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 8 (WSMV-TV)

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

An LAPD officer hits reporter with crowd-control munition during Lakers celebrations

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 11, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Samuel Braslow (Beverly Hills Courier)

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

Photojournalist threatened with weapon while covering Lakers championship celebrations

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 11, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Christian Monterrosa (The Associated Press)

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

LA police officer points weapon at videojournalist covering Lakers NBA championship win

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 11, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Unidentified documentary journalist 1

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

TV producer arrested, released, after the channel’s private security guard shoots a man at dueling Denver protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 10, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Unidentified producer 1 (KUSA)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Denver Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Officers harass, shove journalist covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 10, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

Journalist covering Portland protest shoved away from demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 10, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Melissa “Claudio” Lewis (Independent)

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

Video journalist presses charges over police assault

Incident Details

Updated on: May 22, 2024
Date of incident: October 10, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:23-cv-01870
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Social media journalist arrested, injured while covering Wisconsin protest

Incident Details

Updated on: January 1, 2021
Date of incident: October 8, 2020
Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Targets: Brendan Gutenschwager (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Wauwatosa Police Department
Charges →: Curfew violation: violation of mayor’s emergency order

Oct. 9, 2020: Charges pending

Jan. 1, 2021: Charges dropped
Release date →: October 9, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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

Daily Caller journalist beaten, detained by police while covering protests in Wisconsin

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 8, 2020
Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Targets: Richie McGinniss (Daily Caller)

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

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

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