Ferguson Unrest Powerful Photo Of White Cop Hugging Black Boy Goes In fact, for a few months, back in 2014 and 2015, his crying face was all over social media. he was the black boy who hugged a white cop at a protest of the shooting death of michael brown. the famous photo, dubbed “the hug heard ‘round the world,” also known as the “ferguson hug,” captured our ailing nation’s attention. The devonte hart photo was indeed captivating. it featured a young black boy in tears embracing a white police officer amid racial unrest. but then, four years later, he was killed in a murder suicide orchestrated by his adoptive mother. in 2018, hart’s whole family was driven off a 100 foot cliff in california by their intoxicated matriarch.
Police Hug And Comfort Black American Crying Join The Protest Youtube The picture had an immediate and unavoidable emotional impact. an african american boy, tears streaming down his face, hugging a police officer in a helmet, in the middle of a 2014 black lives. Devonte, holding a "free hugs" sign, stood crying. a portland officer saw his sign and asked if he could have a hug, and the emotional teenager embraced him in a picture that was widely shared. Days after a cps visit, the family’s car plunged off a cliff. parents and siblings of devonte hart, a 15 year old who went viral in 2014 for being captured tearfully hugging a police officer. Screenshot via a detail of the "hug shared around the world" shot by johnny nguyen. ann derrick gaillot apr—04—2018 03:04pm est. in 2014, a photo of a crying black boy hugging a white police officer was offered as a salve for a festering national wound. freelance photographer johnny nguyen snapped a photo of then 12 year old.
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