Private Story
The Power of Justice
The Daily Pennsylvanian
October 27, 2020
Protesters throw objects at a passing Philadelphia Police Department van on 52nd Street in Philadelphia, Pa. just past midnight on Oct. 27, 2020 in response to the fatal police shooting of Black West Philadelphia resident Walter Wallace Jr.
On this night, West Philadelphians were enraged that another police murder of a Black man had happened — and in the place they called home. They set fire to dumpsters and cars on 52nd Street, a major city street, and did not back down to the police department’s attempts to clear the crowds. There is a lot going on in this photo; the two masked men in the center throwing rocks at the Philadelphia Police Department van, the blazing fire, and the heat waves distorting some of the environment. What I find to be the most provocative element of this photo is the signage. On the left, a billboard for a law firm reads “The Power of Justice,” and on the right, “Liberty” can be read.
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