Image as interest: How the Pepper Spray Cop could change the trajectory of Occupy Wall Street » Nieman Journalism Lab

Pepper Spray Cop "on" Tiananem Square in 1989

“This weekend, a series of photographs — images of a riot-gear-wearing cop shooting a group of students in the face with pepper spray — made their transition from journalistic documents to sources of outrage to, soon enough, Official Internet Meme. Perhaps the most iconic image (taken by UC Davis student Brian Nguyen, and shown above) isn’t explicitly political; instead, it captures a moment of violence and resistance in almost allegoric dimensions.”

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