Our photojournalist sister was injured and equipment stolen while on assignment for the Associated Press covering the anti-ICE protests at Delaney Hall in Newark on May 30. See below her account of the event.
This was not her first attack at Delaney Hall. On Thursday she was pepper sprayed in the face by an ICE officer. The intentional attacks on the press need to stop. Angelina represents only one of the journalists that are repeatedly attacked for covering protests of immigration policies.
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Angelina’s account:
While on the front line of the Delaney Hall protests and police force on Saturday night, photojournalist Angelina Katsanis was hit in the knee by a 6-foot wooden 2x4 beam. The cops were still pushing forward and firing rubber bullets, tear gas, and flash bangs, so she had to run/hobble another half mile to safety on the injured leg. She left her camera bag with an AirTag in it when police started pushing forward and decided to retrieve it after the fighting had subsided and she could get through the line as press.
After receiving amazing care from the medic team on the ground, she was put in a wheelchair and went with fellow journalists Vincent Alban, Izzy Brourman, and Peter Hambrecht back to the front line to ask the cops to let her through and retrieve her bag
(See video here: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DY_S-PQtGX7/). However, the bag had already been taken, most likely by a law enforcement officer, as no one else could get through their barricade.
After tracking the bag all the way to 12 Byron Place in Sparta, NJ, and then to a nearby road, Angelina’s boyfriend Sam and colleague Vincent Angelina’s found the AirTag removed from her keys/bag and tossed on the ground.
Now, Angelina has lost access to her car and has lost her backpack with camera and lenses. Some of her costs include medical expenses for the knee injury, replacing her gear (about $10k worth, most notably her Sony A1, 70-200, 16-35, and some high-storage CF express cards), transportation while moving around the city on crutches, tow truck costs to relocate the car before the bag thief can find it, and re-keying services to re-key her car and house.
- Angelina’s lost items:
- Sony A1 ($5,700)
- Sony 70-200 lens ($3,000)
- Zeiss 16-35 ($1,000)
- Think tank Shapeshifter III backpack ($330)
- 480 CF express card ($424)
- 160 CF express card ($190)
- 4x 126GB UHS II Sd cards ($123 x4 = $492)
- Large wattage power bank ($120)
- Anker multi port ($80)
- Assorted cables ($70)
- 4x Sony batteries ($88 x4 = $352)
- Other expenses:
- Car access/entry $96
- Car key replacement $300
- AAA tow truck $75
- Uber to the car $90
- Lost work $2100
- Medical bills TBD
- House rekeying TBD
- Pride & trust in humanity $10000000000
cover photo by Will Allen-DuPraw