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

Icon imagery of Leshia Evans before she was arrested in Baton Rouge Lousiiana.. Jonathan Bachman photo..
Iconic imagery of Leshia Evans before she was arrest­ed in Baton Rouge Lousiiana..
Jonathan Bachman photo..

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.

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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.

One woman stood unafraid against neo-Nazi thugs...
One woman stood unafraid against neo-Nazi thugs… Tess Asplund 42 stand in front of neo-nazi thugs dur­ing Nordic resis­tance move­ment demon­stra­tion in Borlange Sweden on Sunday May 1st 2016..

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.

Over fifty years ago another beautiful and powerful black woman stood up to tyranny .....
Over fifty years ago anoth­er beau­ti­ful and pow­er­ful black woman Rosa Parks stood up to tyranny .….

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