Incident Details
- Date of Incident
- January 20, 2017
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Targets
- Vanessa Koolhof (WJLA-TV)
- Assailant
- Private individual
- Was the journalist targeted?
- No
Assault
Vanessa Koolhof after being knocked down during a protest of President Donald Trump's inauguration, on January 20, 2017.
January 20, 2017
Vanessa Koolhof — a photographer at WJLA, the local ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C. — was knocked down and injured while covering a protest in response to President Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017.
WJLA reported that Koolhof found herself in the middle of a shoving match between a group of anti-Trump protesters and a Trump supporter. After Koolhof fell down, D.C. police moved in to break up the struggle and help Koolhof up off the ground.
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