Associated Press Times Square Invader Dragged Off

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GLC#
GLC09740.003-View header record
Type
Images
Date
5 April 1968
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
Times Square Invader Dragged Off
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 telephoto photograph Height: 23 cm, Width: 18 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Civil Rights Movement

One telephoto entitled, "Times Square Invader Dragged Off," dated April 5, 1968, taken by Associated Press. Image depicts two policemen dragging a Black man on the ground by his arm and the neck of his coat. Attached to the image is a typed note that states the man was dragged away because the police believed he was part of the "window-smashing, store-looting crowd."

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