Michigan man accused of assaulting police officer with flagpole in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

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4. Assholes of a feather

I remember the famous photo of a moron attacking a man in Boston with a flagpole. Story below.



http://dragonwolf121.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-soiling-of-old-glory.html

The name of this image is The Soiling of Old Glory, taken by Stanley Forman in 1976 during a series of protests against court-ordered desegrated busing and the winner of 1977 Pulitzer Prize.

The man under attack in the image is Ted C. Landsmark, a remarkable Boston figure who is a lawyer, a civil rights activist, and the president of the Boston Architectural College. Back in 1976, he was also the properietor of a small, non-profit Boston art gallery who sent all monetary benefits to the artists that displayed in it. This art gallery had only one employee-- my mother, then only twenty-four years old, getting her masters in fine art downtown. She says he was a very cool man. And I think it's cool that she knew him.

Posted by Phoebe at 9:41 PM