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Photojournalist shot with crowd-control munitions amid Minnesota protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 25, 2025
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Kerem Yücel (Minnesota Public Radio)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Photojournalist struck in stomach with pepper ball at Minnesota protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 25, 2025
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Tim Evans (Reuters)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Photojournalist struck in head with pepper ball amid Minnesota protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 25, 2025
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Aaron Nesheim (Sahan Journal)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 22, 2025
Location: Miami, Florida
Targets: Dave Decker (Creative Loafing Tampa, News2Share & Zuma Press)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office
Charges →: Trespassing: trespassing on property after warning

Nov. 24, 2025: Charges pending

Obstruction: resisting officer without violence to his or her person

Nov. 24, 2025: Charges pending
Detention date →: November 22, 2025
Release date →: November 24, 2025
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 3

Equipment bag, 1

Vehicle, 1
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Photojournalist shot with pepper balls by state trooper at immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: Jon Stegenga (Humanizing Through Story)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Photojournalist shot with pepper balls by state trooper at Chicago-area protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: Jon Farina (Status Coup)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Photojournalist shot in foot with pepper ball at Illinois immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2025
Location: Broadview, Illinois
Targets: JT Cestkowski (Status Coup)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Student journalists ousted from immigration court in Maryland

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 28, 2025
Location: Hyattsville, Maryland
Targets: Lillian Glaros ([University of Maryland] Capital News Service), Ruby Siefken ([University of Maryland] Capital News Service)

Government agency or public official involved →: Judiciary: Federal Court
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

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