Lone Cop at Arena Gazes at Detainees: Mayday 1971
A lone police officer at the Washington Coliseum in front of several thousand detainees swept up during mass arrests during Mayday antiwar protests May 3, 1971.
“The Army donated blankets about 2 a.m.” —Unidentified defense attorney, Washington Daily News, 5/5/1971.
The Mayday Tribe, a loose knit group of individuals, collectives and affinity groups, organized an attempt to shut down the U.S. government in Washington, D.C. in protest of the continued war in Indochina May 3-5, 1971 through the use of non violence civil disobedience.
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Photographer is unknown. Courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
Lone Cop at Arena Gazes at Detainees: Mayday 1971
A lone police officer at the Washington Coliseum in front of several thousand detainees swept up during mass arrests during Mayday antiwar protests May 3, 1971.
“The Army donated blankets about 2 a.m.” —Unidentified defense attorney, Washington Daily News, 5/5/1971.
The Mayday Tribe, a loose knit group of individuals, collectives and affinity groups, organized an attempt to shut down the U.S. government in Washington, D.C. in protest of the continued war in Indochina May 3-5, 1971 through the use of non violence civil disobedience.
For more information and additional images, see
May 1: flic.kr/s/aHsk5GV1JM
May 2: flic.kr/s/aHsk5CKtKq
May 3: flic.kr/s/aHsk5bjYqk
May 4: flic.kr/s/aHsk64GugT
May 5: flic.kr/s/aHsk8e3sU3
Photographer is unknown. Courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.