It’s a nice moment. I hope it was not staged, because that would mean somebody was using the 12 year-old, as much as the adult.
Also, I don’t think the policeman could easily have gone into a long-winded explanation of the grand jury verdict, or the statistics of black-on-black crime, etc. Some other time.
You can’t stage the expression on that child’s face.
I nominate this Photo of the Year.
Of course it was staged. Who brings a kid to a riot? Then they put a sign in his hands. The tears are probably real but brought on by total lies. The cop played into it. If only he'd asked the kid if hugs were some of that brutality and handed him a copy of the GJ report. Yes, that was the perfect time to set the record straight with the truth.
I think it’s a nice moment too.
If everyone’s honest on all sides of these race issues we might be able to make things better for everyone. Kindness is always a good start.