street shots -- black & white Off to jail

I've often wondered what the officer was saying to this young woman

he'd arrested during an anti-Vietman war demonstration in Washington

back in 1970. Your comments and critiques are always appreciated.

Thanks. Bill

I like the relationship between the two main figures. He's not obviously a cop to me just based on visual clues, though; I'd need to see it in context (news article or photo essay on the demonstration, or something) to get that on my own.

It's an amazing photo. He looks friendly. She does not. Her face is resolute and possibly she is apprehensive about what will happen next. He seems almost protective.

 

But what one reads into a photograph and what the reality was may be very different.