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Police Bating
A police officer beats a youth during the violence that erupted during the march. Larry Payne, the 16-year-old in the background, was killed by police later in the day.
Creator: Thornell, Jack
Date: 1968-03-28
Source: I Am a Man: Photographs of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Citation
Thornell, Jack , “Police Bating,” I Am A Man, accessed February 22, 2025, https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/iamaman/items/show/183.