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Independent reporter arrested while covering Louisville protest

Incident Details

Updated on: November 24, 2020
Date of incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Ian Kennedy (Freelance)

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

Sept. 24, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 24, 2020: Charges dropped

Rioting: unlawful assembly

Sept. 24, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 24, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: September 24, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Camera kicked by individual during Rhode Island protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Targets: Paul Duddy (WLNE-TV)

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

Portland police shove journalist covering protest over Breonna Taylor grand jury decision

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Ariston Vallejos (Freelance)

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

Social media journalist hit with projectile while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Chris Khatami (Freelance)

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

Multimedia journalist repeatedly pushed by police while covering L.A. protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 23, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)

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

Journalist shoved by Portland, Oregon, police during Breonna Taylor protest

Incident Details

Updated on: November 1, 2020
Date of incident: September 23, 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Case status: Withdrawn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? →: Yes

Journalist arrested while reporting on homeless encampment in Oregon

Incident Details

Updated on: September 20, 2022
Date of incident: September 22, 2020
Location: Medford, Oregon
Case number: 1:22-cv-01416
Targets: April Ehrlich (Jefferson Public Radio)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Medford Police Department
Charges →: Trespassing: criminal trespass

Sept. 22, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 26, 2022: Charges dropped

Obstruction: interfering with a peace officer

Sept. 22, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 20, 2020: Charges dropped

Obstruction: resisting arrest

Sept. 22, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 30, 2022: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist assaulted, threatened with firearm while covering Pittsburgh protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 22, 2020
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Ed Thompson (Freelance)

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

Independent filmmaker arrested while covering anti-ICE protest in New York City

Incident Details

Updated on: September 20, 2021
Date of incident: September 19, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Ronald Weaver II (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: New York City Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: disorderly conduct

Sept. 19, 2020: Charges pending

Sept. 20, 2021: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Freelance journalist says federal agents fired tear gas and smoke, then shoved her, during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 18, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Laura Jedeed (Freelance)

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

Journalist hit with crowd-control munitions, assaulted by police at protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 18, 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

Subpoena of reporter over decades-old Chiquita story set aside

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 18, 2020
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Targets: Cameron McWhirter (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 18, 2020: Pending

Oct. 27, 2020: Objected to

Dec. 2, 2020: Quashed

subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Sept. 18, 2020: Pending

Oct. 27, 2020: Objected to

Dec. 2, 2020: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Al Jazeera’s AJ+ ordered to register as foreign agent

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 14, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: AJ+

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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, 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

Journalist shot with pepper ball while filming BLM protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 12, 2020
Location: Rochester, New York
Case number: 6:21-cv-06296
Targets: Martin Hawk (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

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

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