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The moment everyone is talking about
The Baton Rouge photograph that everyone is talking about
Story highlights
- The photograph shows a woman standing in front of police
- The image, shot by Jonathan Bachman, is already being called iconic
(CNN)Will this be the photograph that symbolizes this past week's protests?
An image of what appears to be a woman's peaceful resistance to police is garnering plenty of attention online.
Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
Kim
Muyaka -- head bowed, eyes closed, hands tightly entwined with those of
an East Baton Rouge police officer -- prays that God would "cover this
Police Officer ... and use his hands not to hurt or harm but to protect
the citizens." Muyaka posted this now-viral photo to her Facebook page.
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Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
"I'm
Black and I Matter" is the simple message of this sign, held up during a
Black Lives Matter protest in London. A number of marches and
demonstrations have popped up in other countries in solidarity with the
U.S. protest movement.
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A
woman rages against the machine. Sirica Bolling, fist raised defiantly,
marches down a street in Newport News, Virginia, during a Black Lives
Matter protest.
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Bishop T.D. Jakes, hugs first responder during a service that included a memorial to the five officers killed in Dallas.
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Hands
of comfort extend to Cameron Sterling, the son of Alton Sterling,
outside the convenience store where Alton Sterling was shot and killed
by police.
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Long
after the hurt has healed and the anger has dissipated, it's the
powerful images that will stick with us from a painful week in America:
the killings of five Dallas police officers as well as the fatal
shootings of two black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota.
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A
young woman stands frozen -- clad in a flowing dress, armed only with a
cell phone -- in the middle of a street as a pair of police officers
move to arrest her. She was one of hundreds of protesters who blocked a
Baton Rouge roadway during anti-police brutality demonstrations. The
symbolism of a single person's nonviolent resistance against a large,
heavily armed opposition is being viewed by some as the photo that
symbolizes the week's protests.
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Few
other photos captured the sadness and grief of the shooting deaths of
five Dallas officers as this photograph of a sobbing DART (Dallas Area
Rapid Transit) police officer being comforted at the Baylor University
Hospital.
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The
pain was just too much for Tawandra Carr to bear. Carr, who said she
was best friends with Alton Sterling, cries when she and others gathered
outside the Triple S convenience store where Sterling was killed by
police, trying to make some sense of an incident that launched days of
soul-searching in America.
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Strength
in numbers. All Lives Matter protesters come together for a group hug
with Black Lives Matter activists in Dallas. All Lives Matter showed up
to the Black Lives Matter
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Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
Kim
Muyaka -- head bowed, eyes closed, hands tightly entwined with those of
an East Baton Rouge police officer -- prays that God would "cover this
Police Officer ... and use his hands not to hurt or harm but to protect
the citizens." Muyaka posted this now-viral photo to her Facebook page.
Hide Caption
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Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
"I'm
Black and I Matter" is the simple message of this sign, held up during a
Black Lives Matter protest in London. A number of marches and
demonstrations have popped up in other countries in solidarity with the
U.S. protest movement.
Hide Caption
7 of 10
Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
A
woman rages against the machine. Sirica Bolling, fist raised defiantly,
marches down a street in Newport News, Virginia, during a Black Lives
Matter protest.
Hide Caption
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Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
Bishop T.D. Jakes, hugs first responder during a service that included a memorial to the five officers killed in Dallas.
Hide Caption
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Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
Hands
of comfort extend to Cameron Sterling, the son of Alton Sterling,
outside the convenience store where Alton Sterling was shot and killed
by police.
Hide Caption
10 of 10
Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
Long
after the hurt has healed and the anger has dissipated, it's the
powerful images that will stick with us from a painful week in America:
the killings of five Dallas police officers as well as the fatal
shootings of two black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Hide Caption
1 of 10
Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
A
young woman stands frozen -- clad in a flowing dress, armed only with a
cell phone -- in the middle of a street as a pair of police officers
move to arrest her. She was one of hundreds of protesters who blocked a
Baton Rouge roadway during anti-police brutality demonstrations. The
symbolism of a single person's nonviolent resistance against a large,
heavily armed opposition is being viewed by some as the photo that
symbolizes the week's protests.
Hide Caption
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Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
Few
other photos captured the sadness and grief of the shooting deaths of
five Dallas officers as this photograph of a sobbing DART (Dallas Area
Rapid Transit) police officer being comforted at the Baylor University
Hospital.
Hide Caption
3 of 10
Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
The
pain was just too much for Tawandra Carr to bear. Carr, who said she
was best friends with Alton Sterling, cries when she and others gathered
outside the Triple S convenience store where Sterling was killed by
police, trying to make some sense of an incident that launched days of
soul-searching in America.
Hide Caption
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Photos: Powerful images from a painful week
Strength
in numbers. All Lives Matter protesters come together for a group hug
with Black Lives Matter activists in Dallas. All Lives Matter showed up
to the Black Lives Matter
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Shot by Jonathan Bachman for Reuters,
the photograph shows a black woman in profile, standing in the middle
of the street as two police officers in riot gear seem to be preparing
to arrest her in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
"Everyone
was given proper instructions and a certain amount of time to clear the
roadway. If they did not, then they were arrested," said L'Jean
McKneely, spokesman for the Baton Rouge Police Department.
People are already calling the photograph iconic on social media.
"Jeez. Just wow," Bob De Jonge wrote on Twitter.
Protest symbol
The
symbolism of a single person's nonviolent resistance against a large,
heavily armed opposition is reminiscent of a handful of other famous
photographs, including Marc Riboud's shot of
a Vietnam war protester holding a flower in front of armed police, or
the image of the lone protester confronting a tank in Tiananmen Square.
More
recently, the Bachman shot calls to mind a photograph of activist
Maria-Teresa "Tess" Asplund standing alone and confronting several
hundred neo-Nazi marchers in Sweden, her fist firmly raised in protest.
Photos: Protests past and present
John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference during their "bed-in" for peace at an Amsterdam hotel in March 1969.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Mary
Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of student Jeffrey Miller during an
anti-war demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Young Chinese demonstrators protest official corruption and urge democracy in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
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A man in Tiananmen Square stands in front of a column of T-59 tanks on June 4, 1989.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Police
Lt. John Pike at the University of California, Davis, uses pepper spray
to break up Occupy UC Davis protesters on the school's quad on November
18, 2011. This image sparked controversy amid the Occupy protests and
fueled the flames for protesters. A judge ruled that the university must
pay Pike $38,000 in workers' compensation for the depression and
anxiety he suffered as a result of the backlash from the incident.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Egyptian
army soldiers arrest a female protester during clashes at Tahrir Square
in Cairo on December 17, 2011. On January 25, people took to the
streets in demonstrations against corruption and failing economic
policies. From the beginning, the revolution in Egypt was propelled by
the use of social media. The events in Egypt served as a flash point for
journalists on the ground, too. For perhaps one of the first times,
history itself has been recorded instantaneously, as reporters took to
Twitter to share 140-character updates and personal stories from the
protests.
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Photos: Protests past and present
A
riot police officer uses tear gas as people protest the destruction of a
park for a pedestrian project in Istanbul's Taksim Square on May 28,
2013. The woman in red became the face of the protests.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Protesters
in Kiev, Ukraine, catch fire as they stand behind burning barricades
during clashes with police on February 20, 2014. Kiev's Independence
Square had been the center of anti-government protests
since November 2013, when President Viktor Yanukovych reversed a
decision on a trade deal with the European Union and instead turned
toward Russia.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Riot
police use pepper spray as they clash with pro-democracy protesters
outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. Demonstrations began
in response to China's decision to allow only Beijing-vetted candidates
to stand in the city's 2017 election for chief executive. Protesters
say Beijing has gone back on its pledge to allow universal suffrage in
Hong Kong, which was promised "a high degree of autonomy" when it was
handed back to China by Britain in 1997. The umbrella has become the
defining image of the protest movement, used to shield protesters from
tear gas and the elements.
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Photos: Protests past and present
A
protester in Ferguson, Missouri, stands in front of police vehicles
with his hands up on November 24, 2014. A grand jury's decision not to
indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown
prompted waves of protests in Ferguson and across the country. The "hands up, don't shoot" gesture became a rallying cry and protest symbol.
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Photos: Protests past and present
A man attempts to calm a fellow demonstrator as they face police in Baltimore on April 27, 2015. Riots broke out after the funeral for Freddie Gray, who died of a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. His death sparked protests in Baltimore and raised long-simmering tensions between police and residents.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Tess
Apslund, 42, stands with a raised fist in front of uniformed neo-Nazis
during a Nordic Resistance Movement demonstration in Borlange, Sweden,
on Sunday, May 1. Click through the gallery to see memorable images from
other protests throughout history.
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Photos: Protests past and present
On
March 12, 1930, Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi led a
nonviolent protest against the British Empire. The march protested the
British tax on salt, a necessity of everyday life. Gandhi called for
Indians to illegally make salt or buy it illegally. More nonviolent
protests against the tax were mounted in large cities across India, and
Gandhi's methods eventually led to India's independence.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Rosa
Parks became an inspiration for the modern civil rights movement when
she was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, after
refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus. For 381
days, African-Americans boycotted public transportation to protest
Parks' arrest and, in turn, segregation laws. The boycott led to a 1956
Supreme Court ruling desegregating public transportation in Montgomery.
Soon after, Parks was photographed near the front of a bus in what
became an enduring image of the civil rights movement.
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Photos: Protests past and present
A
17-year-old civil rights demonstrator, defying an anti-parade ordinance
in Birmingham, Alabama, is attacked by a police dog on May 3, 1963.
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Photos: Protests past and present
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on the Mall in Washington during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Jan
Rose Kasmir stands in front of National Guard members outside the
Pentagon during an anti-Vietnam War march on October 21, 1967.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Students in Paris hurl projectiles at the police on Boulevard Saint-Germain during the uprisings of May 6, 1968.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Black Panther members protest in Chicago in 1968.
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Photos: Protests past and present
A pacifist demonstrates in Santa Monica, California, on June 15, 1968.
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Photos: Protests past and present
Tommie
Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-meter run
at the 1968 Olympic Games, raise their fists in the Black Power salute
on October 16, 1968, in Mexico City.
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Photos: Protests past and present
John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference during their "bed-in" for peace at an Amsterdam hotel in March 1969.
Hide Caption
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Photos: Protests past and present
Mary
Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of student Jeffrey Miller during an
anti-war demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970.
Hide Caption
12 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Young Chinese demonstrators protest official corruption and urge democracy in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Hide Caption
13 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
A man in Tiananmen Square stands in front of a column of T-59 tanks on June 4, 1989.
Hide Caption
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Photos: Protests past and present
Police
Lt. John Pike at the University of California, Davis, uses pepper spray
to break up Occupy UC Davis protesters on the school's quad on November
18, 2011. This image sparked controversy amid the Occupy protests and
fueled the flames for protesters. A judge ruled that the university must
pay Pike $38,000 in workers' compensation for the depression and
anxiety he suffered as a result of the backlash from the incident.
Hide Caption
15 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Egyptian
army soldiers arrest a female protester during clashes at Tahrir Square
in Cairo on December 17, 2011. On January 25, people took to the
streets in demonstrations against corruption and failing economic
policies. From the beginning, the revolution in Egypt was propelled by
the use of social media. The events in Egypt served as a flash point for
journalists on the ground, too. For perhaps one of the first times,
history itself has been recorded instantaneously, as reporters took to
Twitter to share 140-character updates and personal stories from the
protests.
Hide Caption
16 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
A
riot police officer uses tear gas as people protest the destruction of a
park for a pedestrian project in Istanbul's Taksim Square on May 28,
2013. The woman in red became the face of the protests.
Hide Caption
17 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Protesters
in Kiev, Ukraine, catch fire as they stand behind burning barricades
during clashes with police on February 20, 2014. Kiev's Independence
Square had been the center of anti-government protests
since November 2013, when President Viktor Yanukovych reversed a
decision on a trade deal with the European Union and instead turned
toward Russia.
Hide Caption
18 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Riot
police use pepper spray as they clash with pro-democracy protesters
outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. Demonstrations began
in response to China's decision to allow only Beijing-vetted candidates
to stand in the city's 2017 election for chief executive. Protesters
say Beijing has gone back on its pledge to allow universal suffrage in
Hong Kong, which was promised "a high degree of autonomy" when it was
handed back to China by Britain in 1997. The umbrella has become the
defining image of the protest movement, used to shield protesters from
tear gas and the elements.
Hide Caption
19 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
A
protester in Ferguson, Missouri, stands in front of police vehicles
with his hands up on November 24, 2014. A grand jury's decision not to
indict police Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown
prompted waves of protests in Ferguson and across the country. The "hands up, don't shoot" gesture became a rallying cry and protest symbol.
Hide Caption
20 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
A man attempts to calm a fellow demonstrator as they face police in Baltimore on April 27, 2015. Riots broke out after the funeral for Freddie Gray, who died of a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. His death sparked protests in Baltimore and raised long-simmering tensions between police and residents.
Hide Caption
21 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Tess
Apslund, 42, stands with a raised fist in front of uniformed neo-Nazis
during a Nordic Resistance Movement demonstration in Borlange, Sweden,
on Sunday, May 1. Click through the gallery to see memorable images from
other protests throughout history.
Hide Caption
1 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
On
March 12, 1930, Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi led a
nonviolent protest against the British Empire. The march protested the
British tax on salt, a necessity of everyday life. Gandhi called for
Indians to illegally make salt or buy it illegally. More nonviolent
protests against the tax were mounted in large cities across India, and
Gandhi's methods eventually led to India's independence.
Hide Caption
2 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Rosa
Parks became an inspiration for the modern civil rights movement when
she was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, after
refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus. For 381
days, African-Americans boycotted public transportation to protest
Parks' arrest and, in turn, segregation laws. The boycott led to a 1956
Supreme Court ruling desegregating public transportation in Montgomery.
Soon after, Parks was photographed near the front of a bus in what
became an enduring image of the civil rights movement.
Hide Caption
3 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
A
17-year-old civil rights demonstrator, defying an anti-parade ordinance
in Birmingham, Alabama, is attacked by a police dog on May 3, 1963.
Hide Caption
4 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on the Mall in Washington during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Hide Caption
5 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Jan
Rose Kasmir stands in front of National Guard members outside the
Pentagon during an anti-Vietnam War march on October 21, 1967.
Hide Caption
6 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Students in Paris hurl projectiles at the police on Boulevard Saint-Germain during the uprisings of May 6, 1968.
Hide Caption
7 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Black Panther members protest in Chicago in 1968.
Hide Caption
8 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
A pacifist demonstrates in Santa Monica, California, on June 15, 1968.
Hide Caption
9 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
Tommie
Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-meter run
at the 1968 Olympic Games, raise their fists in the Black Power salute
on October 16, 1968, in Mexico City.
Hide Caption
10 of 21
Photos: Protests past and present
John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference during their "bed-in" for peace at an Amsterdam hotel in March 1969.
Hide Caption
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"It was just impulse, to go in their middle. I remember standing there and one of the guys staring at me," Asplund told CNN
in May. "When you have Nazis marching in the street for May 1, it's
important to show that that's not okay. People in other countries can't
understand how come Nazis are marching in Sweden."
Weekend of unrest
The Baton Rouge photograph was captured amid a weekend of intense, sometimes violent nationwide protests that culminated in the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators, angry at the latest killings of black men by police officers.
Despite
pleas for calm from all sides, at least 312 people have been arrested
at protests from New York to Chicago, and in St. Paul, Minnesota, and
Baton Rouge, where two black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling,
were shot to death by police.
Many of the protests against police violence have been peaceful. In Dallas -- before a gunman killed five police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally last week -- officers were even posing for photos with demonstrators.
Black Lives Matter protesters condemned the Dallas killings, calling the attack on law enforcement a tragedy not just for those affected but also for the nation.
"Black
activists have raised the call for an end to violence, not an
escalation of it. (Thursday's) attack was the result of the actions of a
lone gunman," the group said.
"To
assign the actions of one person to an entire movement is dangerous and
irresponsible. We continue our efforts to bring about a better world
for all of us."
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