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Chicago photojournalist shot with pepper balls outside ICE facility

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 26, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Colin Boyle (Block Club Chicago)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Chicago journalist shot with crowd-control munition by federal officers

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 26, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: Shawn Mulcahy (Chicago Reader)

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

Reporter hit by crowd-control munitions at Illinois protest, gear damaged

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 26, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: Wali Khan (Independent)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 1

Camera lens, 1

Protective equipment, 3
Actor →: Law enforcement

Photojournalist shot with multiple pepper balls outside Illinois ICE facility

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 26, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: Matthew Kaplan (Freelance)

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

Alaska journalists resign over article edits following lawmaker pressure

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 24, 2025
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Targets: Homer News, Juneau Empire, Peninsula Clarion

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California TV station targeted in drive-by shooting

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: KXTV

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

Journalist shot with pepper balls at Illinois ICE facility protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Raven Geary (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Journalist grabbed, hit with pepper ball by federal agents at Illinois ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Steve Held (Unraveled Press)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Photojournalist struck by pepper balls, tear-gassed at Illinois ICE protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 41 (Chicago Sun-Times)

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

Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Leigh Giangreco (Block Club Chicago)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Photojournalist shot with chemical irritants amid Illinois immigration protests

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2026
Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Case number: 1:25-cv-12173
Targets: Audrey Richardson (Block Club Chicago)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

Photojournalist targeted with pepper balls at Illinois ICE protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 19, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: Chana Shapiro (Independent)

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

Journalist struck by officer barring lawmakers from NYC immigration facility

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 18, 2025
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Michael Nigro (Independent)

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

Federal officers aim rifle, pepper-spray videographer at Oregon ICE protest

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Incident Details

Updated on: March 9, 2026
Date of incident: September 13, 2025
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:25-cv-02170
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Class Action

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Two charged with placing incendiary device under Utah news vehicle

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 12, 2025
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Targets: KSTU

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At Chicago-area protests in September, journalists caught in tear gas, more

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: Media

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TV reporter harassed, camera damaged while reporting in California

Incident Details

Updated on: December 18, 2025
Date of incident: September 4, 2025
Location: Chico, California
Targets: Nathan Espindula (KNVN)

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

Journalist ejected from Capitol Hill news conference on Epstein files

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Michael Tracey (Independent)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Student journalist hit with pepper ball and pepper-sprayed at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Kayjel Mairena (The [Santa Monica College] Corsair)

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

Photojournalist pepper-sprayed by DHS, struck with pepper balls at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 1, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Benjamin Hanson (Middle East Images & Royol News)

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

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