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Photojournalist arrested, equipment seized while covering protest

Incident Details

Updated on: May 8, 2023
Date of incident: June 1, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Case number: 1:21-cv-04629
Targets: Sharif Hassan (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Charges →: Curfew violation: breaking city curfew

June 2, 2020: Charges pending

Jan. 13, 2021: Charges dropped
Detention date →: June 1, 2020
Release date →: June 2, 2020
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 2

Storage device, 2
Status of equipment →: Returned in part
Search warrant obtained →: No

Equipment damaged →: Storage device, 2
Actor →: Law enforcement

Journalist arrested amid protests in Lincoln, Nebraska

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Targets: Chris Dunker (Lincoln Journal Star)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

BuzzFeed News journalist detained while covering Santa Monica protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Santa Monica, California
Targets: Brianna Sacks (BuzzFeed News)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Santa Monica Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Reporter pepper sprayed, arrested amid protests in Des Moines

Incident Details

Updated on: March 10, 2021
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Andrea Sahouri (The Des Moines Register)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Des Moines Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

May 31, 2020: Charges pending

March 10, 2021: Acquitted

Obstruction: interference with official acts

May 31, 2020: Charges pending

March 10, 2021: Acquitted
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Sheriff’s deputies shoot reporter with pepper balls in California protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: La Mesa, California
Targets: Andrew Dyer (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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

NM student journalists fired upon with foam rounds, one struck by ricochet

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Targets: Andrew Gunn ([University of] New Mexico Daily Lobo)

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

Freelance journalist detained while covering protests for The Washington Post in Atlanta

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Haisten Willis (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Atlanta Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Minneapolis reporter injured by broken glass after nonlethal round shatters car window

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Ryan Faircloth (Minnesota Star Tribune)

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

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

Denver Post reporter struck in head, body with multiple projectiles during protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Alex Burness (The Denver Post)

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

Freelance photographer detained by Buffalo police

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Buffalo, New York
Targets: Andrew Jasiura (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Buffalo Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

NBC journalist pepper-sprayed, detained at Minneapolis protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Simon Moya-Smith (NBC News)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Minneapolis Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Reporter detained, zip tied and searched while covering San Francisco protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Leonardo Castañeda (The Mercury News)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: San Francisco Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Equipment bag, 1
Status of equipment →: Searched without seizure
Search warrant obtained →: No

Minnesota State Patrol officers threaten reporter for German outlet

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Maximilian Förg (Deutsche Welle [Germany])

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

Radio journalist arrested, cited for failure to disperse during Philadelphia protest

Incident Details

Updated on: July 8, 2020
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Targets: Avi Wolfman-Arent (WHYY-FM)

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

May 31, 2020: Charges pending

July 8, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist detained during downtown Los Angeles protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Kandist Mallett (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Journalist detained covering downtown LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Aaron Cantú (Freelance)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Las Vegas Review-Journal struck by projectiles amid protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Blake Apgar (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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

Journalist shoved by police while filming arrests in Ohio

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Targets: Nick Swartsell ([Cincinnati] CityBeat)

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

Detroit News journalist captures her own detention on livestream

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Christine MacDonald (The Detroit News)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Detroit Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

San Diego student journalist hit with tear gas, projectiles while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: JoseLuis Baylon (Freelance)

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

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