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WJLA photographer injured during Trump Inauguration protest

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Date of Incident: January 20, 2017
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Vanessa Koolhof (WJLA-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Local newspaper editor shot by police officer in Ohio

Incident Details

Updated On: May 23, 2019
Date of Incident: September 4, 2017
Location: New Carlisle, Ohio
Case number: 3:17-cv-00422
Targets: Andy Grimm (New Carlisle News)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

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

St. Louis police shoot University of Missouri student journalist with pepper balls

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Targets: Davis Winborne

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

Filmmaker Jennifer Burbridge pepper sprayed and arrested by St. Louis police

Incident Details

Updated On: November 19, 2021
Date of Incident: September 17, 2017
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Case number: 4:17-cv-02482
Targets: Jennifer Burbridge (Independent)
Case Status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Arrest Status →: Arrested and released
Arresting Authority →: St. Louis Police Department
Charges →: Rioting: failure to disperse

Sep. 17, 2017: Charges pending

Oct. 18, 2017: Charges dropped
Detention Date →: September 17, 2017
Release Date →: September 18, 2017
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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

WABC reporter Tim Fleischer punched by stranger in New York City

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 10, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Tim Fleischer (WABC-TV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

AP photojournalist hit with rubber bullets in Puerto Rico

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 1, 2018
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Targets: Carlos Rivera Giusti (The Associated Press)

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

Photojournalist Liam Cohen pepper-sprayed by police while covering Patriot Prayer rally

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 30, 2018
Location: Portland, Oregon

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

Oregonian reporter Eder Campuzano injured while documenting protest

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 4, 2018
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Eder Campuzano (The Oregonian)

Assailant →: Unknown
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

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