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Collected Item: “Child Looks Into Barrel of Rubber Bullet Gun During Protests in Long Beach, California”

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Child Looks Into Barrel of Rubber Bullet Gun During Protests in Long Beach, California

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Photograph, Screenshot

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Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020, protests erupted across the nation. During protests in Long Beach, California, Richard Grant captured a striking image of a cop pointing a rubber bullet gun at a father with his child on his shoulders. Children across the United States today are experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic and a large scale civil rights movement. What short and long term impacts will these moments have on our children? #nojusticenopeace #children

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#nojusticenopeace #children #ASU #HST580

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5f6BcgZOE/

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Richard Grant

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2020-06-01
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