Post-Dispatch Photographer’s Tale : Ferguson-Faced Down A Gun, Got Attacked
He stepped in closer than I would. Getting caught between looters and the police is a damn bad spot to find yourself. I did not clip in the picture, please use the link, and take it all in from the Post Dispatch site. He got very good photos.
Then Carson turned, and came face-to-face with a looter who stood several inches taller and 100 pounds heavier. The man was in jeans and a white T-shirt. His face was wrapped in black. He looked Carson straight in the eyes.
“What are you doing?” the man asked, lifting the hem of his shirt.
Pinned between gray boxers and the waistband of his jeans: A handgun.
“I’m taking pictures,” Carson remembered answering. “Your face is covered. It’ll be fine.”
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