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Freelance journalist targeted with crowd-control munitions at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Solomon O. Smith (Freelance)

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

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

Photojournalist shot with pepper balls at Los Angeles ‘No Kings’ protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Madison Swart (Freelance)

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

Photojournalist struck with munition at Los Angeles ‘No Kings’ protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Madison Swart (Freelance)

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

Photographer hit by projectile, shoved by officers while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tod Seelie (Freelance)

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

Photographer attacked by protesters at LA immigration demonstration

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Tod Seelie (Freelance)

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

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

Photojournalist shot with crowd-control munition amid LA ‘No Kings’ protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Matthew Reamer (Die Zeit [Germany])

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Unknown

Australian journalist shot with crowd-control munitions at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Reid Butler (9News [Australia])

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

Independent journalist assaulted at Seattle protest

Incident Details

Updated on: October 17, 2025
Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Seattle, Washington
Targets: Cam Higby (Today Is America)

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

Equipment damaged →: Protective equipment, 2
Actor →: Private individual

Reporter struck with police projectile, detained at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jalyssa Dugrot (MintPress News)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: June 14, 2025
Release date →: June 14, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Freelance photojournalist hit by police projectiles at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Caylo Seals (Sipa USA)

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

Student photojournalist hit with flash-bang shrapnel at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ethan Cohen ([California State University] Long Beach Current)

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

Photojournalist hit with pepper ball at ‘No Kings’ protest in LA

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Ethan Noah Roy (Freelance)

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

Student photojournalist shot in leg with projectile at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 14, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Griffin O'Rourke ([California State University Northridge] Daily Sundial)

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

Videographer hit by pepper ball while covering Oregon ICE protest

Incident Details

Updated on: November 21, 2025
Date of incident: June 13, 2025
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:25-cv-02170
Targets: Mason Lake (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Cyberattack hits journalists’ email accounts at Washington Post

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The Washington Post

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Australian writer deported after interrogation over reporting, phone search

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Alistair Kitchen (Independent)

Border point →: Los Angeles International Airport
Target nationality →: Australia
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. non-resident
Denied entry? →: Yes
Stopped previously? →: No
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Photographer struck by police horse, crowd-control munition while covering LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 11, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Montez Harris (Freelance)

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

Journalist shoved to the ground by police at immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 11, 2025
Location: Whittier, California
Targets: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (Los Angeles Public Press)

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

Korea Daily photojournalist shot with projectile while covering LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 11, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Sangjin Kim (The Korea Daily)

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

Reporter pushed by police horse while covering LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 11, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Romi De Frias (Univision)

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

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