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Reporter pepper sprayed by police while documenting Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Tyler Davis (The Des Moines Register)

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

Freelance photojournalist struck by crowd-control munitions during Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Zach Roberts (Freelance)

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

AP reporter struck with projectile during Minneapolis protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: John Minchillo (The Associated Press)

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

Officer in Minneapolis points weapon at public radio reporters

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Samara Freemark (American Public Media)

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

Police aggressively seized journalist’s press pass amid Manhattan protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Lachlan Cartwright (The Daily Beast)

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

Equipment searched or seized →: Press identification, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: No

Freelance journalist struck multiple times with pepper balls by Denver police

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 29, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Case number: 1:22-cv-01300
Targets: John Reed (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Photojournalist struck by pepper balls while documenting Denver protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 28, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Hyoung Chang (The Denver Post)

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

Equipment damaged →: Press identification, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Journalist hit with a projectile shot from Minneapolis police vehicle

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 28, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Julio Rosas (Townhall.com)

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

Minnesota photographer retrieves camera from fire after looters burn his equipment

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 28, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Richard Tsong-Taatarii (Minnesota Star Tribune)

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

Freelance journalist shot with pepper balls by Denver police in 2020 protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 28, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Case number: 1:22-cv-01300
Targets: John Reed (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

Minnesota Reformer reporter struck by projectile during second day of protests for George Floyd

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 27, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Max Nesterak (Minnesota Reformer)

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

Independent filmmaker hit with a flash-bang grenade while covering Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 27, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Chris Phillips (Freelance)

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

Reporter struck in the eye with less-lethal round during second day of Minnesota protests

Incident Details

Updated on: September 12, 2025
Date of incident: May 27, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Jared Goyette (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Class Action

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

Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter struck by projectile while covering George Floyd protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 26, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Andy Mannix (Minnesota Star Tribune)

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

Reporter struck by projectile in Minneapolis while covering George Floyd protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 26, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Niko Georgiades (Unicorn Riot)

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

Livestreamer shoved across throat by police at Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 26, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Justin Ge Pluto (Goeman) (Independent)

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera lens, 1

Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Man arrested following assault of reporter during live broadcast

Incident Details

Updated on: April 11, 2023
Date of incident: May 23, 2020
Location: Shorewood, Illinois
Targets: Gaynor Hall (WGN-TV)

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

CNN ordered to produce source communications in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 19, 2020
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Targets: CNN

Legal orders →: Motion to compel for communications or work product

May 19, 2020: Upheld

June 10, 2020: Objected to

Oct. 7, 2020: Upheld
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Subpoena for documents from The Center for Investigative Reporting dropped after lawsuit dismissed

Incident Details

Updated on: February 28, 2024
Date of incident: May 14, 2020
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Targets: Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

May 14, 2020: Pending

Dec. 10, 2020: Dropped

May 1, 2023: Pending

Feb. 28, 2024: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

MLK50 journalist files lawsuit to regain access to Memphis mayor’s media list

Incident Details

Updated on: April 30, 2021
Date of incident: May 13, 2020
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Case number: 2:20-cv-02343
Targets: Wendi C. Thomas (MLK50: Justice Through Journalism)
Case status: Dismissed
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Mayor
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

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