Physical Attack

Category Summary

Total cases	89
Journalists attacked in 2018	42
Journalists attacked in 2017	46

Sacramento photojournalist pushed to the ground by police while covering protest, his camera damaged

March 13, 2019

A Sacramento police officer shoved Sacramento Bee Senior Photographer Hector Amezcua to the ground with his bicycle during a protest …

CBS San Francisco news crew robbed at gunpoint, its security guard shot

February 28, 2019

A San Francisco-based local CBS news crew was robbed at gunpoint early in the evening on Feb. 24, while covering …

Journalists trying to interview senators shoved by Capitol Police

March 11, 2019

On Feb. 14, U.S. Capitol Police officers pushed and shoved a number of journalists — including NPR’s Kelsey Snell, NBC’s …

First Amendment YouTuber shot while live-streaming security guard

March 14, 2019

Civil liberties and First Amendment YouTuber Zhoie Perez was shot on Feb. 14 while live-streaming outside of a synagogue and high school in Los Angeles. Perez, who goes by “Furry Potato” on YouTube, was filming a security guard and his gun outside of the Etz Jacob Congregation and Ohel Chana High School in the Fairfax neighborhood of Los Angeles while the guard repeatedly asked her why she was recording. Perez did not answer, but said on the livestream that the …

Cameraman, other reporters attacked at Trump rally

February 22, 2019

A man wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat attacked a group of reporters, including BBC News cameraman Don …

Reporter hit in face, has phone stolen while interviewing voters in Los Angeles

April 10, 2019

On Jan. 26, reporter Tina-Desiree Berg was interviewing people outside of a regional meeting of the California Democratic Party when …

Journalist attacked during live broadcast at scene of California mass overdose

January 18, 2019

Meaghan Mackey, a reporter for KRCR News Channel 7, was attacked while broadcasting a Facebook Live from the scene of …

CNN's Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto outside Time Warner Center

CNN’s New York headquarters evacuated after pipe bomb found in mailroom

October 24, 2018

The pipe bomb sent to CNN was similar to other bombs sent to prominent Democratic politicians and critics of President Trump.

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How we track Physical Attacks

Journalists who face physical violence and injury or equipment damage, either as the result of a targeted attack by a public or private individual or in the course of their work. If a journalist is hit by rubber bullets or bean bag rounds, it will be counted in this category.

Journalists affected by tear gas, pepper spray, or other mass riot control agents will be counted if the individual suffers serious injury or appears to have been specifically targeted. Incidents that fall outside these parameters and in which multiple journalists were affected by riot control agents may be counted in the “other” category.

Physical Attack

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How we track Physical Attacks

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