Once You See It You Cannot Un-see It.….

The above pho­to was tak­en by Louisiana-based pho­tog­ra­ph­er Jonathan Bachman, work­ing for Reuters, over the week­end, dur­ing protests in Baton Rouge. Bachman snapped the pho­to just as Evans was being arrest­ed for stand­ing in the street.

Many are call­ing the image a “Tiananmen Square Moment” in the protests. Some are liken­ing it to the imagery of the woman fac­ing down neo-nazi skin­heads in Europe.

There are many defin­ing moments in his­to­ry that once you wit­ness them you can­not un-see them.The image of the 35-year-old moth­er of a 5 year old son was astound­ing­ly powerful.
Ms Evans is report­ed to have said, I trav­eled to Baton Rouge “because I want­ed to look my son in the eyes and tell him I fought for his free­dom and rights,”.
She was booked on a charge of sim­ple obstruc­tion of a high­way and had been released from custody.