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CBS Chicago journalist reports assault by police during Columbus statue protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2020
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Marissa Parra (WBBM-TV)

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

Suit alleges federal officers targeted photographer amid Portland protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 17, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:22-cv-00594
Targets: Rian Dundon (Economic Hardship Reporting Project)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Independent journalist assaulted by police while covering Portland protests in July

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist assaulted by law enforcement while covering Portland protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Griffin Malone (Independent)

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

Freelance journalist struck by tear gas canister fragments while covering protest in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 15, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Justin Yau (Freelance)

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

Photographer arrested by NYPD while covering pro-police march

Incident Details

Updated on: April 9, 2025
Date of incident: July 15, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Case number: 1:21-cv-06610
Targets: Mel D. Cole (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

NYPD subpoenas journalist’s phone records in leak investigation

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 14, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Anonymous reporter 3 (Daily Mail)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 14, 2020: Pending

Feb. 2, 2021: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: AT&T (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: State

Boston Globe reporter subpoenaed for notes, records in condo dispute

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 14, 2020
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: Jon Chesto (The Boston Globe)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

July 14, 2020: Pending

July 20, 2020: Objected to

July 22, 2020: Ignored

subpoena for communications or work product

July 14, 2020: Pending

July 20, 2020: Objected to

July 22, 2020: Ignored
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Photojournalist struck multiple times by crowd-control munitions fired by federal agents

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: July 12, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Reporter hit with wooden board at New York’s Occupy City Hall protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 22, 2022
Date of incident: July 12, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Kevin Sheehan (New York Post)

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

Journalist hit with projectile fired by federal officers during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 12, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: John (Full Revolution Media)

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

Independent journalist struck with tear gas canister during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 12, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Garrison Davis (Independent)

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

Journalist assaulted, camera destroyed while covering pro-law enforcement rally in New York

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 11, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Oliya Scootercaster (FreedomNews.TV)

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

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

Independent journalist assaulted and detained by federal agents while covering a Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Ari Taylor (Halospace)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Federal Agents
Release date →: July 3, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera equipment, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: No

British reporter arrested, held for six hours amid Seattle protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 1, 2020
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Andrew Buncombe (The Independent [United Kingdom])

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

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

July 15, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Portland journalist arrested, his equipment damaged and seized

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: July 1, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Justin Yau (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Portland Police Bureau
Charges →: Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 17, 2020: Charges dropped

Rioting

July 1, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 17, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

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

July: Journalists threatened with arrest while reporting from protests across the nation

Incident Details

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

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New York judge strikes down orders barring publication of book by Trump’s niece

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 30, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Mary L. Trump, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Photojournalist says Portland police seized GoPro as ‘evidence’ during protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Alex Milan Tracy (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Independent journalist pushed, hit with munitions by police while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Tuck Woodstock (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

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