A troubling number of incidents emerged in which members of the media appeared to be specifically targeted, by police and protesters alike.
outside the White HouseVittert said the attack clearly targeted his news organization."We took a good thumping," he told The Associated Press. His live shot was interrupted by protesters at Lafayette Park in Washington, who shouted obscenities directed at Fox.
Flanked by two security guards, he and photographer Christian Galdabini walked away, trailed by an angry group before riot police dispersed them. "The protesters stopped protesting whatever it was they were protesting and turned on us, and that was a very different feeling," Vittert said.Jimenez and his crew were arrested on air by members of the Minnesota State Patrol after identifying themselves and showing their press credentials. "We are live on the air at the moment. ... Just put us back where you want us, just let us know. Wherever you want us, just let us know," Jimenez told police officers before one came behind him with handcuffs. “Do you mind telling me why I’m under arrest, sir?" After getting identification information from himself and his crew, he said,"they eventually came back with our belongings … unclipped our handcuffs" and led the crew out. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz apologized at a news conference and said he takes"full responsibility" for the incident. "There is absolutely no reason something like this should happen," he told journalists. "This is a very public apology to that team." CNN's headquarters in Atlanta was damaged Friday by a group of protesters who fought with police and set cars afire. While police tried to keep them away from the CNN Center, demonstrators broke windows and scrawled obscene graffiti on the network's logo.in Minneapolis but was fine."State Police supported by National guard fired unprovoked into an entirely peaceful rally," he said.Los Angeles Times journalist Molly Hennessy-Fiske said Saturday evening that she was at the 5th Precinct in Minneapolis with"at least a dozen" journalists when members of the Minnesota State Patrol advanced toward the group. She said the journalists identified themselves, but officers Hennessy-Fiske said they asked officers where they should go to avoid dispersal tactics."They did not tell us where to go," she said."They did not direct us. They just fired on us."Reuters producer Julio César Chávez said early Sunday morning he"was with rubber bullets" and his security adviser"was shot in the face," though a gas mask protected him.a man disguised as a medic attacked him with a crowbar , breaking the camera he was using to document the protests. He was"a white man with a Red Cross on his chest who came out of nowhere," Jackson said. Vice News correspondent and producer Michael Anthony Adams shared video of Minneapolis troopers approaching him and several other journalists Sunday morning at a gas station where they had taken shelter. Though he shouted"press" multiple times, one officer ordered him on the ground before another came and pepper sprayed him.Freelance photographer Linda Tirado wrote on Twitter early Saturday morning that she was struck by a rubber bullet on her left eye in Minneapolis and went to a hospital to have emergency surgery. In an update a few hours later, she reported that sheThe Denver Post said photographer Hyoung Chang was covering a protest Thursday night in downtown Denver whenThe Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Saturday, photographer Ellen Schmidt and freelance photographer and former Review-Journal employee Bridget Bennett
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