D.C. Protest II
During a relatively peaceful 2002 protest against the World Bank in Washington, D.C., anti-war demonstrators began to change the situational climate of the march. Tensions between protesters and police, who were expecting a violent demonstration, started to rise. Police began to arrest everyone that they managed to surround inside Pershing Park, guilty, as well as innocent bystanders alike. These demonstrators were pulled from the crowd, handcuffed and thrown on an awaiting Metro bus. No one was read their rights as bystanders looked on in horror.
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Jen Cannella, 9 months ago
Very graphic, intense image!
Paul Louis Vil..., 9 months ago
Realism. Captured so perfectly. Love the B&W ! :D
NervousNellie, 9 months ago
Wow, very powerful! Nice shot.
Adam Speedie, 9 months ago
Wow what great timeing
ed wong, 9 months ago
EXCELLENT image – remarkable shot, cbarker!~
cbarker, 9 months ago
Thank you all for the positive critique. Much appreciated.
Craig Schroeder, 8 months ago
Extraordinary capture. That arm reaching out from bottom-left. The helmeted police, the young struggling people in jeans, the arms and legs stretched and bent in all directions. So kinetic and frightening.
This image/story seems to be iconic or archetypal
—burned in our minds like the image of a bright light after you stare at it then look away. You can’t shake it. This could be from the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago or from East Germany or Romania in 1989 or Chile in 1974, or any number of other uprisings in the last 50 years (or 100 years with a change of clothes).shawhouse, 7 months ago
stunning photojournalism. excellent work.
cbarker, 7 months ago
Thanks Paul and Craig, it really is amazing how timeless protest photographs become. Sure there are certain details that would give away its point in history but at the same time they all seem tied together. The struggle.
Steven Sandner, 7 months ago
Crazy times, didnt think it was this bad nowadays.
berndt2, 6 months ago
My first thought was simply “woah. awesome shot. “land of the free”, indeed…” Because the subject is such that it becomes difficult to separate the photo’s definite artistic merit with its importance as social commentary!
Oliver Andrews, 6 months ago
EXCELLENT and EXCELLENT! I wish I could produce images like this.
Tara Sheffer-A..., 2 months ago
Most excellent photojournalism here!!! Nice shot!!!
cbarker, 2 months ago
Steven, Berndt, Oliver and Tara…
Thank you all so much for your kind comments.
Its people like yourselves that keep me going.
Much appreciated. The best to you all.