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Freelancer tear-gassed, shoved while reporting on Atlanta forest protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 13, 2023
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Targets: Carlos Berríos Polanco (Freelance)

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

Independent journalist pepper-sprayed covering protests in Puerto Rico

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 25, 2022
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Carlos Berríos Polanco (Latino Rebels)

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

Congressional candidate’s ad touts crowd-control munition use against press

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 5, 2022
Location: Winter Park, Florida
Targets: Media

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Individuals steal photojournalist’s camera drone ahead of George Floyd anniversary demonstrations

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 25, 2021
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Mark Vancleave (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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

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

USA Today photojournalist detained during Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Jasper Colt (USA Today)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Brooklyn Center Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Photojournalist hit with multiple crowd-control munitions during Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: PJ Docs (Independent)

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

Minneapolis Star Tribune photojournalist and colleague detained in Brooklyn Center

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Targets: Renée Jones Schneider (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Brooklyn Center Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Photojournalist assaulted, detained while covering Brooklyn Center protest

Incident Details

Updated On: February 8, 2024
Date of Incident: April 16, 2021
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Case number: 0:20-cv-01302
Targets: Tim Evans (Freelance)
Case Status: Ongoing, Settled
Type of case: Class Action

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

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