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Memphis news photographer, reporter robbed at gunpoint blocks from studio

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 10, 2022
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 27 (WHBQ-TV FOX13)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

Camera equipment, 1

Live unit, 1

Memphis broadcaster robbed at gunpoint blocks from studio

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 10, 2022
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Targets: Jeremy Pierre (WHBQ-TV FOX13)

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

San Francisco Chronicle photographer robbed at gunpoint in Oakland, cameras stolen

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 3, 2021
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 14 (San Francisco Chronicle)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 2

Bay Area broadcast security guard shot, killed in attempted robbery of news crew

Incident Details

Updated On: March 16, 2022
Date of Incident: November 24, 2021
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Unidentified journalist 5 (KRON 4)

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

Photojournalist attacked, has $1,000 of gear stolen while covering Wi Spa protests in LA

Incident Details

Date of Incident: July 17, 2021
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Eric Levai (Independent)

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

Equipment Broken →: Equipment bag, 1

Cellphone, 1

Camera equipment, 1

Protective equipment, 2

Bay Area news crew approached by armed individuals, ordered to hand over equipment

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 28, 2021
Location: Oakland, California
Targets: Unidentified journalist 7 (KNTV NBC Bay Area)

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

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)

Equipment Damage

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

San Francisco reporter pepper-sprayed during attempted robbery, the second in as many months

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 7, 2021
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Don Ford (KPIX 5)

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

Equipment Broken →: Camera, 1

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