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Reporter repeatedly shoved by police officers while covering protests in Portland

Incident Details

Updated on: May 6, 2022
Date of incident: June 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 20CV23349
Targets: Robert Evans (Bellingcat & iHeart Radio)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Video journalist shoved, pepper-sprayed during 2020 Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: January 29, 2025
Date of incident: June 27, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:23-cv-01870
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Philadelphia Inquirer reporter arrested during ‘defund the police’ protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 23, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Samantha Melamed (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

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

Journalist assaulted while covering DC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 22, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Shelby Talcott (Daily Caller)

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

Journalist briefly detained while covering DC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 22, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Shelby Talcott (Daily Caller)

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

VOA journalist hit with a baton by unidentified man at DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 22, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Jason Patinkin (Voice of America)

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

VOA journalist shot in hand with pepper ball while filming DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 22, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ayen Bior (Voice of America)

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

Student journalist pepper-sprayed, thrown to ground by law enforcement in Richmond

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 21, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Andrew Ringle (The [Virginia Commonwealth University] Commonwealth Times)

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

Photojournalist struck with crowd-control munitions during Compton demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 21, 2020
Location: Compton, California
Targets: Ringo Chiu (Freelance)

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

Journalist struck with pepper balls during Compton protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 21, 2020
Location: Compton, California
Targets: Kandist Mallett (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized outside Trump’s Tulsa rally

Incident Details

Updated on: January 8, 2021
Date of incident: June 20, 2020
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Targets: Alan Pogue (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Tulsa Police Department
Charges →: Obstruction: obstructing or interfering with an officer

June 20, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 7, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Camera, 2

Camera lens, 3

Equipment bag, 1

Protective equipment, 1

Storage device, 2
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Atlanta journalist threatened with pistol, beaten during Rayshard Brooks protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 20, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: George Chidi (Freelance)

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

Portland photojournalist struck with pepper balls while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 19, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: John Rudoff (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Seattle Police Department subpoenas five news outlets for protest photos, videos

Incident Details

Updated on: September 21, 2020
Date of incident: June 18, 2020
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: KCPQ, KING-TV, KIRO-TV, KOMO-TV, The Seattle Times

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

June 18, 2020: Pending

Sept. 21, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Law enforcement officer shoves, threatens local reporter with arrest during Charlotte protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 18, 2020
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: Justin LaFrancois (Queen City Nerve)

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

Reporter struck with police pepper ball during Louisville protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 17, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Billy Kobin (The [Louisville] Courier Journal)

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

CNN news crew harassed, camera damaged while covering site of Rayshard Brooks death in Atlanta

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 16, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: CNN

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

7 former eBay employees charged in harassment campaign against journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: February 25, 2026
Date of incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Natick, Massachusetts
Case number: 1:21-cv-11181
Targets: Ina Steiner (EcommerceBytes), David Steiner (EcommerceBytes)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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Youth smashes windshield of TV news crew’s car in Louisville

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Shaquille Lord (WLKY)

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

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

New York Times reporter taunted, threatened during Albuquerque protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 15, 2020
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Targets: Simon Romero (The New York Times)

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