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Journalist assaulted, camera lost while documenting New York City protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Sue Brisk (Freelance)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Unknown

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

WPTA journalist hit with tear gas canister while covering Indiana protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Targets: Karli VanCleave (WPTA)

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

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

CNN reporter hit with a projectile, tear-gassed during live coverage of Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Miguel Marquez (CNN)

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

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 damaged →: Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Photojournalist bruised, camera broken during NYC protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Joel Marklund (Bildbyrån [Sweden & Norway])

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

San Jose journalist hit with rubber bullet in back during live coverage of protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: San Jose, California
Targets: Len Ramirez (KPIX-TV)

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

CNN photojournalist, crew arrested on-air while documenting Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Leonel Mendez (CNN)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

CNN producer, crew arrested on-air while documenting Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Bill Kirkos (CNN)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minnesota State Patrol
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Indianapolis Star journalist pepper sprayed, threatened, shot with projectile

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Targets: Kelly Wilkinson (The Indianapolis Star)

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

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

CNN headquarters in Atlanta vandalized during protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: CNN

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

Journalist hit with projectile two days in a row in Minneapolis

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Julio Rosas (Townhall.com)

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

Videographer hit by police projectiles in Minneapolis’ Fifth Precinct

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Mike Shum (Freelance)
Case status: Withdrawn
Type of case: Class Action

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

May: While reporting from protests across the nation, journalists tear gassed, threatened and harassed

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 2020
Location: Multiple
Targets: Media

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Journalist says police fired pepper balls at him while he stood alone covering Denver protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Kevin Beaty (Denverite)

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

TV station evacuated, windows smashed amid protests in Louisville

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: WHAS-TV

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

WCCO journalist hit by projectile while covering protests in Minneapolis

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Jeff Wagner (WCCO-TV)

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

Photojournalist hit in the head by an object thrown during a protest in Atlanta

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Cole Howard (Freelance)

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

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