Physical Attack

Category Summary

Total cases	123
Attacks on media in 2020	3
Attacks on media in 2019	34
Attacks on media in 2018	36
Attacks on media in 2017	49
Attacks on media pending pre-2017	1

Fox News cameraman shoved by Roy Moore campaign official in Alabama

December 6, 2017

An unidentified Fox News cameraman was shoved by Tony Goolsby, a campaign official with the Senate campaign of Alabama Republican …

Santa Clara reporter has finger broken while filming in court records room

February 11, 2019

While filming a police interaction at Santa Clara County Superior Court on Nov. 14, 2017, independent courts reporter Susan Bassi …

KAPP-KVEW reporter Maria Leal threatened with knife, had camera damaged

November 8, 2017

Maria Leal, a reporter for local TV station KAPP-KVEW, was chased and threatened by a knife-wielding man in Yakima, Washington, …

KIMA Action News journalist Trisha McCauley threatened with knife, had camera damaged

November 14, 2017

Trisha McCauley, a reporter for local TV station KIMA, was chased and threatened by a knife-wielding man in Yakima, Washington, …

Shareblue Media reporter Mike Stark arrested while covering Republican candidate for Virginia governor

November 23, 2017

Mike Stark, a reporter for the liberal news site Shareblue Media, was arrested in Fairfax County, Virginia on Oct. 28, …

RebZ.tv livestream of shield attack in Shelbyville

Jon Ziegler attacked by white nationalist protesters in Tennessee

January 16, 2018

Independent journalist Jon Ziegler, who livestreams under the handle RebZ.tv, was reporting on a white nationalist rally in Shelbyville, Tennessee, …

Independent livestreamer, Heather DeMian, pepper sprayed by St. Louis police

October 18, 2017

Heather DeMian, an independent livestreamer, was pepper sprayed by St. Louis police while filming a protest.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter knocked to ground by police and arrested

September 21, 2017

Faulk is now suing the City of St. Louis and the police officers who assaulted and pepper-sprayed him.

More Incidents

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Total Results	49
Journalists affected	49
Institutions affected	0

How we track Physical Attacks

Journalists who face physical violence, 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.

Damage to equipment is counted in a separate "Equipment Damage" category, but may be also listed in this Physical Attack category if the damage occurs with an attack.

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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