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Freelance journalist shoved by law enforcement in while covering protests in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Alissa Azar (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist shoved by law enforcement in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Nicholas Lee (Freelance)

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

Portland journalist shoved by police while filming arrest of protester

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Garrison Davis (Freelance)

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

New York Times bureau chief hit with paintball while covering pro-Trump rally in Portland

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Mike Baker (The New York Times)

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

Social media journalist hit with projectile while covering DC protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Rawsmedia (Independent)

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

ACLU sues DC police for violating photojournalist’s rights during protests

Incident Details

Updated on: August 9, 2024
Date of incident: August 29, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:21-cv-02158
Targets: Bryan Dozier (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Journalist hit with paintballs while covering a pro-Trump caravan in Portland

Incident Details

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

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

Independent journalist pepper sprayed, pushed by police while covering San Diego protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 28, 2020
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: James Stout (Freelance)

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

Journalist arrested and charged with breaking curfew in Minneapolis

Incident Details

Updated on: November 19, 2020
Date of incident: August 27, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Sam Richards (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department
Charges →: Curfew violation: failure to comply with a lawful order

Aug. 27, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 19, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Police action damages camera of journalist as he covers protests in DC

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 27, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia

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

Rubber bullet breaks finger of photojournalist

Incident Details

Updated on: July 21, 2026
Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Case number: 2:23-cv-00880
Targets: Alyssa Schukar (The New York Times)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

AFP reporter hit with a rubber bullet while covering unrest in Kenosha

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Robert Chiarito (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

CBS 58 reporter struck in neck by projectile during Kenosha, Wisconsin protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Mark Stevens (WDJT-TV)

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

Reporter pushed by police while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Roman Mendoza (The People’s Vanguard of Davis)

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

Independent journalist said she was threatened by an individual while covering a Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Teebs Auberdine (Freelance)

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

Getty photojournalist struck in head with rubber bullet during Kenosha protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 21, 2026
Date of incident: August 25, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Case number: 2:23-cv-00880
Targets: Scott Olson (Getty Images)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

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

Journalist covering Kenosha protest hit with tear gas canister

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 24, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Jesus J. Montero (Freelance)

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

Crowd harrasses, assaults photojournalist working for conservative news site at Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 24, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Rebecca Brannon (Alpha News)

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

Multimedia journalist says she was tackled by Portland police officers, her phone lost

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 23, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Grace Morgan (Freelance)

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

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

CBS 58 photojournalist hit in leg while covering Kenosha protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 23, 2020
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Targets: Eric Kriesel (WDJT-TV)

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

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