D.C. Protest II by Christopher Barker
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.
Pershing Park, Washington D.C.
September 2002
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Comments
Very graphic, intense image!
Realism. Captured so perfectly. Love the B&W ! :D
Wow, very powerful! Nice shot.
Wow what great timeing
EXCELLENT image – remarkable shot, cbarker!~
Thank you all for the positive critique. Much appreciated.
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).stunning photojournalism. excellent work.
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.
Crazy times, didnt think it was this bad nowadays.