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Photojournalists for Review-Journal arrested while covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated on: November 4, 2020
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Ellen Schmidt (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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

May 30, 2020: Charges pending

Nov. 4, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Photojournalist arrested covering Las Vegas protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 28, 2020
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Bridget Bennett (Agence France-Presse [France])

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

May 30, 2020: Charges pending

Oct. 28, 2020: Charges dropped
Release date →: May 30, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

CBS4 Denver journalists and another news crew pepper sprayed by individual

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Jamie Leary (KCNC-TV)

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

‘I’m covered with bruises.’ Photojournalist says Denver police targeted her with pepper balls and rubber bullets

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Madeleine Kelly (Freelance)

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

As CBS Channel 11 prepared to go live in Dallas, an officer tossed a tear gas canister toward the news crew

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Dallas, Texas
Targets: Steve Pickett (KTVT)

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

Individuals in crowd accost newspaper reporter covering protests in Tucson

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Targets: Caitlin Schmidt (Arizona Daily Star)

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

Individuals at protest in Tucson target journalist with repeated physical attacks

Incident Details

Updated on: January 8, 2021
Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Targets: Eric Rosenwald (Freelance)

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

Equipment broken →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Reporter for Swedish outlet struck with projectile during Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Nina Svanberg (Expressen [Sweden])

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

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