'They saved me': How protesters protected a lone cop, a moment captured in powerful photos
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'They saved me': How protesters protected a lone cop, a moment captured in powerful photos
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Officer Galen Hinshaw heard the call over the radio. One of his fellow officers was in trouble.
A crowd of protesters had surrounded a police cruiser at the base of the Clark Memorial Bridge. The officer inside radioed for help as protesters strobed in blue and red patrol car lights banged on the cars hood and windshield.
Hinshaw, a Fourth Division patrol officer and part of Louisville Metro Police Department's Special Response Team, drove as close as he could to the scene. As he got out of his cruiser, he was immediately surrounded by protesters.
Some yelled profanities. Others balled their fists.
He made his way through the crowd wearing 40 extra pounds of safety gear a baton, vest, helmet and body armor.
He was alone.
As the crowd grew, Hinshaw detoured to the front of Bearnos pizzeria so he could keep his back to the wall. He needed a place to stop and reassess the situation to be sure that nobody could get behind him. He also needed to keep an eye on his trapped colleague.
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(67,417 posts)Amy-Strange
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here some of it:
Im sorry, Im sorry you feel this way, Hinshaw yelled, trying to make his voice heard over the anger of the crowd.
The 32-year-old was scared.
It was only going to take one person, and everyone would jump in, he knew.
The Special Response Team trains once a month, but that hadnt quite prepared Hinshaw for what was in front of him. If the protesters decided to attack him, there were just too many of them.
Here we go, he thought. Im preparing to be injured.
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It's possible that they weren't going to do anything, but if you know anything about crowd psychology, you'd know that it might take only one person to start the crowd attacking him.
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