It is a remarkable picture. A single woman stands in the roadway, feet firmly planted. She poses no obvious threat. She is there to protest the excessive force which Baton Rouge police allegedly deploy against the city’s black citizens. She stands in front of police headquarters, on Saturday. And she is being arrested by officers who look better prepared for a war than a peaceful protest. 
 
 There are images that are impossible to forget, searing themselves into our collective consciousness. One man staring down a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square. A high school student attacked by police dogs in Birmingham, Alabama. This is such a photo. 
 
 Once seen, it cannot be unseen. 
 
 The Baton Rouge police department lists the virtues it seeks to instill in its officers. Protection. Obligation. Leadership. Integrity. Courage. Excellence. I wonder what these officers thought about as they hauled her away. (Update: As explained below, there were multiple agencies on the scene; the officers in the picture were apparently Louisiana State Police.) 
 
 We’re working to gather details about the moment it captures, to find her name. If you were there, or know her, please write to us: hello@theatlantic.com. This story will be updated as we learn more. (Update: Her name is reportedly Ieshia Evans; more details in the second update below.) 
 
 Update: Thanks to the many readers who’ve written in to share what they know. Several have provided us with a name that we’re working to confirm. 
 
 I also spoke with Jonathan Bachman, the New Orleans-based freelance photographer who snapped the photo for Reuters. He arrived in Baton Rouge on Thursday, and returned again on Saturday. I asked him to describe what he’d seen: 
 
 A group of demonstrators had formed a blockade—blocked Airline Highway, which runs in front of Baton Rouge Police headquarters. So law enforcement came out, consisting of several departments within Louisiana … they had come out in riot gear to clear the protestors off to the side of the road. In that attempt, they arrested three to four people as some of the demonstrators confronted the line that the police had created, but for the most part they were able to move everyone off to the side of the road. I had my attention on people confronting the police on the side of the road … I had turned to look over my right shoulder, I think that I had heard this women say something about she was going to be arrested, and I saw this woman, and she was standing in the first lane in that road. It happened quickly, but I could tell that she wasn’t going to move, and it seemed like she was making her stand. To me it seemed like: You’re going to have to come and get me. And I just thought it seemed like this was a good place to get in position and make an image, just because she was there in her dress and you have two police officers in full riot gear. It wasn’t very violent. She didn’t say anything. She didn’t resist, and the police didn’t drag her off. It’s representative of the peaceful demonstrations that have been going on down here. I understand that officers have been hurt in other cities, but down here it’s remained peaceful. 
 
 I’ve also heard from a number of readers, upset at the invocation of what they regard as fundamentally dissimilar events. My aim was not to equate their moral weight, but to point to other iconic images of protest. Many were equally upset that I had not spelled out that the protestor was violating the law by obstructing a highway and refusing to comply with instructions to move to the side of the road. And some felt that, after Dallas, the deployment of tactical units was not only justified, but prudent. I’ll leave readers to draw their own conclusions about that. 
 
 But I do want to note two other things. At the time of this arrest, which came relatively early in that day’s protest, both the demonstrators and the officers had avoided physical confrontation. (As Bachman notes, there were multiple law-enforcement agencies on the scene on Saturday; the ones making this arrest were apparently from the Louisiana State Police.) There were, Bachman said, some protestors who offered harsh words. But at the time of the arrest, the protest itself had stayed peaceful. 
 
 But if it started entirely peaceful, it did not stay that way through the night. Here’s a statement issued by the Baton Rouge Police Department: 
 
 The protest last night at Baton Rouge Police Headquarters organized by individuals from outside our Baton Rouge community resulted in 102 arrests. In addition to the arrests, 3 rifles, 3 shotguns and 2 pistols were confiscated. A Baton Rouge Police Officer had several of his teeth knocked out as a projectile was thrown from the protest. It appears the protest at Baton Rouge Police Headquarters have become more violent as out of town protesters are arriving. Any protest which becomes violent will be immediately dispersed. 
 
 Thanks to all who wrote—particular those who wrote to voice their vehement objections. I’ll update this post again as I learn more. 
 
 Second Update: 
 
 Several media outlets, led by the Daily Mail, are now reporting that the woman in the photograph is Ieshia Evans. That name also appears on the list of the 102 protestors arrested on Saturday, charged with obstructing a highway. A social-media profile apparently associated with Evans included an update posted last night: 
 
 I just need you people to know. I appreciate the well wishes and love, but this is the work of God. I am a vessel! Glory to the most high! I'm glad I'm alive and safe. And that there were no casualties that I have witnessed first hand. 
 
 The published accounts offered conflicting personal details; a status update on the social-media account said of the Daily Mail’s reporting, “This story has holes.” A few hours later, another update read: 
 
 To all of my friends and acquaintances please don't do any interviews about me. If they want my story, I am here. I would like the opportunity to represent myself! Thank you. Peace, love, blk power! ‪#‎blacklivesmatter‬ 
 
 Rather than relay unconfirmed, and potentially unreliable, details published elsewhere, I’ll update this again if I’m able to speak directly with Evans and confirm her identity, or if other outlets are able to offer her own account, in her own words. 
 
 Final Update: On Tuesday, Evans issued a statement through the group with which she’d traveled to Baton Rouge, Young Minds Can. It reads: ||||| A collection of archived news articles from various news websites documenting the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum. The President’s Strategic and Policy Forum was a group of 16 prominent business leaders called upon to meet with President Donald J. Trump to share their specific experience and knowledge to help the President implement his economic agenda. The Forum was announced by the the Trump-Pence Transition Team on December 14, 2016 and started meeting regulary in February 2017.The Forum was chaired by Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone. Several executives resigned from Forum in protest of President Trump's response to the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA in August 2017. Trump disbanded the Council, as well as the American Manufacturing Council on August 16, 2017. ||||| In the aftermath of what can only be described as a truly tragic week in the United States, an image of a woman peacefully protesting in Baton Rouge while being grabbed by police officers in riot gear is making waves on social media. 
 
 The image, taken on Saturday, is a startling juxtaposition. The woman is poised and calm as she stands in a beautiful summer dress. Officers, decked out in helmets, arm and shin guards, and bulletproof vests approach her. 
 
 Behind them, a squadron of officers in SWAT gear stand at the ready, some with rifles drawn. 
 
 Tensions remain high at protests across the country after police shot Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philandro Castile in St. Paul, Minnesota, last week, which was followed by a sniper attack in Dallas that left five police officers dead. 
 
 Some on social media are likening the image to the iconic Tank Man photo from the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. 
 
 Brave lady in Baton Rouge. 
 
 Brave man in Tiananmen Square. pic.twitter.com/Zy4CaMwUF9 — Cornelia (@PaladinCornelia) July 10, 2016 
 
 The image, which is getting major attention across Twitter and Facebook, summarizes, for many, the outsized response by police to protesters in cities like Baton Rouge. 
 
 More than 100 individuals were taken into custody in Baton Rouge on Saturday, including prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson. 
 
 Protesters gathered at the convenience store where Sterling was shot and killed by police during an altercation on Tuesday morning. 
 
 Baton Rouge PD looks ridiculous. I never wore so much armor in combat. This is their own community. (Photo: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/clCFFyD6jx — Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) July 10, 2016 
 
 The arrest of an unarmed protester in Baton-Rouge by what appears to be RoboCops from our dark future: pic.twitter.com/VTcJel63x5 — albert handal (@anhandal) July 10, 2016 
 
 Geezus literally the police look like Imperial storm troopers... Wow. https://t.co/wUBO7xQAiz — Ken Yeung (@thekenyeung) July 10, 2016 
 
 What a powerful photo pic.twitter.com/PzGfk45KPy — Nader (@BonsaiSky) July 10, 2016 
 
 The #BatonRouge PD out here dressed like a fuckin juggernaut in Call of Duty to harass an unarmed black woman. pic.twitter.com/KaRAhxQNzF — Jacob Vail (@JacobVail1) July 10, 2016 
 
 Baton Rouge is fed up, and grieving. Put the Robocop outfits, guns and batons down, this is not helping. @VanJones68 pic.twitter.com/E0GlFU6TaX — Matt Haney (@MattHaneySF) July 10, 2016 
 
 Baton Rouge PD: "How many space marines should we deploy to deal with the young woman in a dress? Ten? Fifteen?" pic.twitter.com/80vKOuCkuG — Gray Gunter (@graygunter) July 10, 2016 
 
 I can't stop staring at this photo from #BatonRouge pic.twitter.com/mRAe1rfSeG — Anna Borgman (@anna_borgman) July 10, 2016 
 
 A Black Lives Matter activist, 100 others taken into custody during protests in Baton Rouge https://t.co/RDB1xTKB8x pic.twitter.com/SpEuYtNmxb — Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) July 10, 2016 
 
 Protests continued on Sunday in Baton Rouge and other cities across the nation. 
 
 Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments. ||||| The third peaceful protest in as many days marched to the American embassy in Mayfair on Sunday. 
 
 Black Lives Matter protesters marched in central London on Sunday following a spate of shootings in America involving black men and the police. 
 
 Thousands marched down a busy Oxford Street before gathering for a rally outside the American embassy in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair. 
 
 Demonstrators chanted "hands up, don't shoot" while holding their arms aloft as they arrived at the American government's headquarters in London. 
 
 "Hands up, don't shoot!", marchers chant as the #blacklivesmatter demo reaches the American Embassy. 
 
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 It was part of a series of marches that began on London's South Bank on Friday and came shortly after five officers were shot and killed during a protest in Dallas against the killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. The suspected gunman had said he was upset by recent police shootings and wanted to kill white people, especially officers. 
 
 
 
 "Thank god our police are much nicer than American ones, but we are here to show solidarity with our brothers and sisters in America and to say we feel their pain," Susu Hussein told BuzzFeed News outside the embassy. She condemned racism and violence "that has been going on for decades" and said that she had joined the march to promote solidarity and equality. "Nobody should be targeted or killed because of the colour of their skin," she said. "We should all live in unity. We all bleed the same blood." 
 
 Outside the US Embassy in London! #BlackLivesMatter 
 
 She said that while she believed that "yes, all lives do matter", it was the loss of black lives that so desperately needed highlighting at the moment. "You can’t fix something until you admit it’s broken," she said, "so we’re here to say: This is broken." 
 
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 #BLACKLIVESMATTER 
 
 Another protester, Faizel, who preferred to give only his first name, said he wanted "to show people across the Atlantic that while they are far away, to us they’re never far away". "We just want police brutality to stop and we want police to stop killing our people," he said. "It’s not us against them. "We just want peace. We just want things to get better." 
 
 Vinna, who also preferred to only give her first name, said that while she wanted to offer solidarity to victims of racism in America, "even in the UK, there has been an injustice, so we’re here for equality". 
 
 "There are also cases [of racism] in the UK that are not acknowledged," she added, "so a lot of us are here to network and to bring awareness to what’s happening here too." 
 
 I refuse to raise the next generation of young black people in fear. Oxford Circus, London. #BlackLivesMatter 
 
 Vinna said she believes the mainstream media underreports on issues relating to racism. Another member of Vinna's group, who gave her name as "by any means necessary" also felt "there is a disproportionate coverage of events affecting black people". With tears welling up in her eyes, she told us she thought that in its coverage of the police killings in Dallas, the press had placed too much focus on the sniper's mental health than on the killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota that the shooting had been in response to. "Black people often suffer from mental health issues because of institutional racism, but that’s not recognised," Vinna said. On social media a message of solidarity prevailed as many shared their images and videos from the march using the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag. 
 
 #blacklivesmatter stopping traffic in #London. Bus drivers are showing their love! 
 
 A further march is said to be planned for August, according to The Voice. 
 
 "Sometimes people just focus on the now. It creates a buzz now, but in time you’ll forget it," one teenager told Britain's leading black newspaper at Sunday's march. "We’re going to keep showing our support." 
 
 
 
 People Gathered In London For A Protest To Show Solidarity With Black Lives Matter 
 
 Laura Silver is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in London. Contact Laura Silver at laura.silver@buzzfeed.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here. ||||| Image copyright Jonathan Bachman/Reuters Image caption Jonathan Bachman's image from Baton Rouge has been widely shared on social media 
 
 Protests have continued in the United States, after violent incidents involving African American people and the police last week. 
 
 On Sunday, dozens of protesters were arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a black man was killed by police last Tuesday. 
 
 In an atmosphere of heightened racial tension, and amid growing debate over the seeming militarisation of American police, one photo has stood out. 
 
 It was taken by Jonathan Bachman, a New Orleans-based photographer who has been working for Reuters in the past few days. 
 
 The image shows Ieshia Evans, a young woman in a dress standing calmly in front of two police officers wearing layers of armour, and appearing to approach her in a hurry. 
 
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 The photograph was taken outside the Baton Rouge police headquarters, where most of Saturday's protest was focused. 
 
 "The police were called out to clear Airline Highway where demonstrators had blocked the road... They managed to get most of the protesters off to the side," Bachman told the BBC via email. 
 
 "I was on the side of the road photographing protesters arguing with police. 
 
 "I looked over my right shoulder and saw the woman step onto the road. She was making her stand. She said nothing and was not moving. It was clear that the police were going to have to detain her." 
 
 Reuters reported that she was later detained. 
 
 Then Ms Evans herself took to Facebook to respond to the furore, saying she was "alive and safe". 
 
 "I appreciate the well wishes and love, but this is the work of God. I am a vessel!" 
 
 'Humbled' 
 
 Among the most prominent people to share the image on Facebook was Shaun King, a senior justice reporter with the New York Daily News newspaper with more than 560,000 followers. 
 
 One comment beneath his post, liked more than 3,300 times, called it a "legendary picture" that "will be in history and art books from this time". 
 
 Image copyright Facebook/Shaun King 
 
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 The demonstration, organised by the civil rights group Black Lives Matter, took place days after police killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge. A video showed two white police officers holding him down and shooting him. Police said they had received a report an armed man was making threats. 
 
 Other notable figures online to share the image include Calestous Juma, a Kenyan-born professor at the John F Kennedy School of Government, who was once named among the 100 most influential Africans. 
 
 British-Indian novelist Hari Kunzru praised the "grace under pressure" shown by the woman in the photo. 
 
 Bachman said he was unaware of the praise he was getting until his father called him, a few hours later. 
 
 So how does he feel? 
 
 "I feel very humble to capture an image that tells the story of what has been happening here in Baton Rouge. 
 
 "The woman did not show any aggression toward the police. I feel it is very representative of the peaceful demonstrations that have taken place here. People are very angry and have gone through a tremendous amount of pain; but they have not turned to violence." 
 
 He is still in Baton Rouge, covering the events there. 
 
 The incident was also captured from another angle by Associated Press photographer Max Becherer. 
 
 Image copyright Max Becherer/AP 
 
 AP reported that the woman in the photograph was grabbed by officers after refusing to move off the road. 
 
 The protests were not entirely peaceful - Louisiana's The Advocate newspaper said 102 people were arrested, with eight guns seized. One police officer lost several teeth after being hit by a projectile, it said. 
 
 Image copyright Jonathan Bachman/Reuters Image caption This image shows a man being detained by police near the Baton Rouge Police Department 
 
 Image copyright Jonathan Bachman/Reuters Image caption A young woman confronts police during Saturday's march 
 
 Image copyright Jonathan Bachman/Reuters Image caption In this image, a Bible is held to the sky near the supermarket outside which Alton Sterling was shot 
 
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– One image from the Black Lives Matter protests over the weekend seems destined for icon status. It was taken by Jonathan Bachman of Reuters—see it here, via tweet—and it shows police officers in Baton Rouge clad in riot gear arresting a woman in a flowing dress on Saturday. (The above photo is an alternative angle taken by an AP photographer.) The woman has not been identified, but her image has been shared over and over on social media. A sample of reaction: "There are images that are impossible to forget, searing themselves into our collective consciousness," writes Yoni Appelbaum at the Atlantic. "One man staring down a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square. A high school student attacked by police dogs in Birmingham, Alabama. This is such a photo." From the photographer: “That was the first image I transferred [to Reuters] because I knew it was going to be an important photo,” Bachman tells BuzzFeed. "She was there, she wasn’t resisting, and she had every intention of not moving.” "POWERFUL," wrote Shaun King of the New York Daily News, whose posting of the photo on Facebook has been shared more than 30,000 times. King later tweeted after speaking with her friends that the woman has been released from jail and has a 5-year-old son. "Starling juxtaposition," notes a post at Mashable, which rounds up tweets about the image. "Grace under pressure," writes British-Indian novelist Hari Kunzru, one of the reactions outside the US cited by the BBC.