Photo Issue 2011: Give Peace A Chance

"It was right after Lieutenant Pike sprayed the group of students, they were sitting there, still, some of them clutched each others hands. For a moment time stopped, was this really happening? It was surreal--police in riot gear sprayed a bunch of students who were sitting at UC Davis," said photographer Brian Nguyen. "That day was a moral victory. Even faced with violence, those students responded with, and only with, peace."

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Photo by Brian Nguyen

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