U.S. police have attacked journalists at least 100 times in the past four days https://t.co/H3UP37TXUp
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) June 1, 2020
I researched countless protests for my first book. I’ve written about many since. I think it’s safe to say that we’ve never seen the widespread, deliberate targeting of journalists by police that we’ve seen over the last few days. Something has changed.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) June 1, 2020
Detroit News reporter handcuffed, other journalists report conflicts with police https://t.co/yBzO9ffTZU via @detroitnews
— ChristineFerretti_DN (@cferretti_dn) June 1, 2020
@tylergabriel_ is a reporter with @WSJ. He is also a young black man and he was assaulted despite having done everything he was supposed to: Had his press badge out, hands up. @NYCMayor @NYPDShea why are officers attacking reporters? He was doing his damn job. https://t.co/xg2cea8i89
— Jan Ransom (@Jan_Ransom) June 1, 2020
US Press Freedom Tracker says that they have so far documented at least 100 different “incidents of aggression” against the media over the weekend, but more from today have yet to be counted. There have been more than 60 assaults of journalists, per the group.
— Ted Johnson (@tedstew) June 1, 2020
I’ve never seen so many incidents with police and reporters simultaneously in different cities. Tension between cops and reporters is nothing new. Aggression on reporters in multiple locations nationally at same time is something different. https://t.co/SA5s1Wy3DP
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2020
Per @MarquardtA, a CNN photojournalist shooting the chaotic scene near the WH was hit in the leg by a police officer with a baton even after showing his press credentials
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 1, 2020
"The norms have broken down": Shock as journalists are arrested, injured by police while trying to cover protests https://t.co/U3kRtwiF6G
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 31, 2020
What Trump has done "the last four years of encouraging people to hate the press, 'enemy of the people,' 'scum of the earth,' using those rallies… it's a large factor in the attacks on press that we're seeing on the streets today," @DavidZurawik asserts https://t.co/M6WGhWxsWa
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) June 1, 2020
The Trump factor, with its vicious enemy-of-the-people name calling, must not be ignored in understanding rising tide of attacks on members of press covering protests. https://t.co/KRMS4TguG0
— David Zurawik (@davidzurawik) June 1, 2020
Unable to cover #Minneapolis story after @latimes @mollyhf & I + other #journalists attacked by #MinnesotaStatePolice @GovTimWalz apologizes during press conference. pic.twitter.com/gOFJUkIuNg
— Carolyn Cole (@Carolyn_Cole) May 31, 2020
The moment Minneapolis police and state troopers stormed the Stop-N-Shop and trained their weapons on property owners and #journalists, pepper spraying @vicenews correspondent @MichaelAdams317 while he’s lying on the ground, Press ID above his head. pic.twitter.com/ZBcrASSn9U
— Roberto Daza (@rsdaza) May 31, 2020
My timeline is full of reporters who were assaulted by police after properly identifying themselves yesterday. Hard to think this unprecedented behavior is unrelated to Trump’s consistent attacks on the press. https://t.co/ExxD2cGgUi
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 31, 2020
Shock as journalists are arrested, injured by police while trying to cover the story https://t.co/FBWmbuBvkf
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 1, 2020
Sad! 