Five Journalists Beaten and Robbed by Rioters While Covering Baltimore Violence
Journalists in Baltimore, Maryland got a taste of war reporting Monday night as they covered the race riots that broke out in the city in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death.
In the violence that broke out in clashes between police and rogue protesters, at least five reporters and cameramen were injured, according to journalism organization Poynter.
All of the journalists targeted on Monday say they were attacked by the rioters–and not police.
A cameraman for CCTV, a Chinese news station that focuses on issues impacting Asia and Latin America, posted a photo showing blood streaming down his face after a protester beat him and stole his camera.
Another cameraman named Oliver Janney told Poynter that he was attacked while filming the chaos live for CNN.
‘I have a broken nose and three stitches in my upper lip,’ Janney told Poynter.
‘I got jumped covering Baltimore violence. Broken nose, busted lip, phone stolen. I’m ok,’ he later tweeted.
A Baltimore Sun reporter tweeted around 9pm that one of the paper’s photographers had been attacked by a group of rioters while trying to take pictures on Howard Street.
‘People were yelling at him “stop taking pictures,”‘ Sun writer Carrie Wells tweeted.
Wells says the group then ran after Assaf, tackled him to the ground and beat him while he was laying helpless. And Wells says police ‘didn’t really help’. ...
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