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Journalist’s arm fractured by crowd-control munitions during a Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 9, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Seth Dunlap (Independent)

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

Journalist struck with baton by sheriff’s deputies at Portland, Oregon, protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 9, 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Case status: Withdrawn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

Photographer slammed to the ground, arrested by Portland police

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Joseph Rushmore (Freelance)

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

Aug. 8, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a police officer

Aug. 8, 2020: Charges pending

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

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 2

Cellphone, 1

Equipment bag, 1

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

Photojournalist hit with flash-bang grenade, pushed into bush at Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 8, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Nathan Howard (The Associated Press)

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

Videographer says Portland police officer hit her in the neck with a baton

Incident Details

Updated on: November 1, 2020
Date of incident: August 7, 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Case status: Withdrawn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

Daily Mail photographer arrested while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 20, 2022
Date of incident: August 7, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Michael Arellano (Daily Mail)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Trespassing

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 31, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Portland-based independent photojournalist assaulted and arrested

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 6, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Maranie Staab (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Obstruction: harassment of an officer

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 13, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a police officer

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 13, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: August 7, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

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

Journalist pushed twice by police while covering a protest in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 6, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Anonymous 45th Absurdist (45th Absurdist Press Collective)

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

Independent journalist says was pushed by a Portland law enforcement officer

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 5, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

Freelance journalist pushed by police officers while covering protests in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 5, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: John Rudoff (Freelance)

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

Journalist pushed by police officers while covering protests in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 5, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Emily Molli (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist shoved and maced by police officers during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 1, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Jake Johnson (Freelance)

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

August: While reporting from protests across the country, journalists pepper sprayed, threatened

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 2020
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

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DHS compiles intelligence reports on two journalists covering Black Lives Matter protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Mike Baker (The New York Times), Benjamin Wittes (Lawfare)

Chilling Statement

Federal agents in Portland spray independent journalist with a chemical irritant

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Brian Conley (Independent)

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

Reporter struck with flash-bang grenade shrapnel during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Roman Mendoza (The People’s Vanguard of Davis)

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

Photojournalist hit in knee with rubber bullet while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Maranie Staab (Independent)

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

Oregon journalist kicked by an individual while covering a Black Lives Matter demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 29, 2020
Location: Thurston, Oregon
Targets: Janusz Malo (Double Sided Media)

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

Journalist hit in face with pepper ball fired by federal officers at Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Teebs Auberdine (Freelance)

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

Federal officers hit journalist multiple times with crowd-control rounds during Portland protest

Incident Details

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

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

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