I love this picture...saw it the other day here at FR.
do you know where it took place and what the situation was?
Just google China, executions, lao gai, free tibet etc. You will find anti-communist free-China websites with all of the details and many, many more photos. That one is the best because it encapsulates so much, on the cusp of life and death: A “soldier” with an AK-47 executing a “criminal” who is being held in place by trainee executioners.
Back when this event took place there was a posting on FR that showed a series of pictures(this is in China in case you hadn't noticed). The picture after this picture showed the girl lying in the ditch with her face now flat and empty of brains. All of the people lined up on the ditch were shot out of hand. Nothing about these pictures inspires love in me, what it does inspire is more of the hatred I have of governments which abuse their power.