US Law Enforcement are deliberately targeting journalists during protests against the killing of George Floyd.
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.@N_Waters89 has been collecting incidents showing journalists being deliberately targeted by law enforcement.
The list contains examples of journalists being shot at with rubber bullets, pepper sprayed while being held on the ground and being arrested.
The list contains examples of journalists being shot at with rubber bullets, pepper sprayed while being held on the ground and being arrested.
At least one photo-journalist has been permanently blinded in one eye by less lethal munitions while covering these protests.
In most of the examples that we examined, the people who were attacked were clearly identifiable as press, whether through press cards, labels on clothing, holding cameras or microphones and self-identification.
This did not prevent law enforcement targeting them
This did not prevent law enforcement targeting them
These deliberate attacks on journalists by law enforcement represent an attack on press freedom.
Journalists should be free to do their jobs without fear of violence or arrest, wherever it may be.
Journalists should be free to do their jobs without fear of violence or arrest, wherever it may be.
