Journalists targeted with violence during unrest in Baltimore

Numerous journalists reported that they or their colleagues had been the subject of violent attacks while covering the unrest in Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray.

A Baltimore Sun journalist said that the paper's photo editor had been attacked by a group of looters after being told to stop taking pictures.

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Our photo editor Chris Assaf was just assaulted by a mob of looters while taking pictures on Howard Street

— Carrie Wells (@cwellssun) April 28, 2015

People around were yelling at him "stop taking pictures," ran after him and tackled him, beat him while he laid on the ground. He's okay

— Carrie Wells (@cwellssun) April 28, 2015 Read more...

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