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Reporter assaulted in Detroit by contractor profiled in news segment

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 19, 2022
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Rob Wolchek (Fox 2 News Detroit)

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

Reporter shoved, punched during anti-mask demonstration in Traverse City, Michigan

Incident Details

Updated On: August 1, 2022
Date of Incident: August 26, 2021
Location: Traverse City, Michigan
Targets: Brendan Quealy (Traverse City Record-Eagle)

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

Parent accosts Michigan journalist after school board meeting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 2, 2021
Location: Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Targets: Eric Baerren (Mount Pleasant Morning Sun)

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

Broadcast reporter threatened, spat on by man at event with Michigan governor

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 6, 2021
Location: Greilickville, Michigan
Targets: Cortney Brown (UpNorthLive)

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

Michigan broadcast reporter assaulted by a man who grabs and throws her microphone

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 6, 2021
Location: Greilickville, Michigan
Targets: Natalie Spala (UpNorthLive)

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

Equipment Broken →: External microphone, 1

Videographer assaulted, his phone thrown over a fence while covering Detroit protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 10, 2021
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Brendan Gutenschwager (Freelance)

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

Equipment Broken →: Mobile phone, 1

Reporter arrested while covering a Proud Boys rally and counterprotest in Kalamazoo

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 15, 2020
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Targets: Samuel Robinson (MLive)

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
Charges →: Blocking traffic: impeding traffic

Aug. 15, 2020: Charges pending

Aug. 16, 2020: Charges dropped

Aug. 16, 2020: Charges dropped

Aug. 16, 2020: Charges dropped
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

Detroit Free Press reporter detained, pushed to ground while covering a protest for story on police tactics

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 2, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Darcie Moran (Detroit Free Press)

Arrest Status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting Authority →: Detroit Police Department
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

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