After the protesters threw rocks at city hall, the police responded by shooting off canisters of tear gas. He was smashed with a bottle and beaten until members of the Peace Team pulled him to safety. Law-breaking protesters at times did not want their actions captured on film for fear of criminal prosecution. Some went so far as to attack us, trying to break our equipment and steal the film to prevent publication of their likenesses. We end with a quote, almost a proverb amongst photojournalists.
Most people fear being in the wrong place at the wrong time, photojournalists relish in it.
For them, it is the right place at the right time. Margaret Myers Photo Editor Warren Zinn Photo Editor Margaret Myers pushes herself away from the fence as protesters behind her force forward to tear down the fence.