Incident Details
- Date of Incident
- May 1, 2018
- Location
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Assailant
- Law enforcement
- Was the journalist targeted?
- No
Assault
May 1, 2018
Carlos Rivera Giusti, a photojournalist with The Associated Press, was struck by rubber bullets while covering demonstrations in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 1, 2018.
Dánica Coto, Giusti's colleague who also reported on the May 1 demonstrations, Giusti's colleague, wrote on Twitter that Giusti was hit by rubber bullets fired by police:
A shoutout to our photographer, @CarlosGiusti1 who had a mask to dodge tear gas fired today by Puerto Rico police but still got hit by rubber bullets.https://t.co/BslhWAIQuu pic.twitter.com/DThXlv67Ew
— Dánica Coto (@danicacoto) May 1, 2018
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