"Important Moments in History With Oakland's Kitty Cop" (LOL to Keep from Crying)

[Hissyspit]

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Important Moments in History With Oakland's Kitty Cop

—By Tim Murphy
| Fri Oct. 28, 2011 12:10 PM PDT.On the morning after a violent crackdown that left a protester—and Navy vet—in critical condition after being hit by a bean bag projectile, the Washington Post chose to illustrate their story about Occupy Oakland with a photo of an Oakland police officer petting a kitten. Was it a metaphor? A somber reflection on human decency? A flickering, 120-watt incandescent light bulb of hope amid the encroaching shadows of oligarchy?

It was none of these, actually. As the Post's photo editor Carol McKay explained, "The photograph was chosen because it was a visual 'moment' in time showing a police officer doing something interesting—not just walking through tents and trash." Plus there was the whole time zone thing. Fair enough; a deadline's a deadline, and as Shani Hilton notes, the Post's online coverage of the demonstration was characteristically strong.

But about that photo. It looked so, so—so familiar. Where had we seen it before?



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[Pab Sungenis]

1. Does anyone remember this one?

I want to know who posed the two photos.

[meegbear]

2. Oh Hissyspit, you're so wacky!!!

[EFerrari]

3. LMAO. WaHo's DUzy put to good use.

[sakabatou]

4. Somehow that photo looks shopped. There's no shadow.

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. Disgusting of the Post, and the 'shopped pic is amusing :)

[Hissyspit]

8. Funnier ones at the link. nt

[iamtechus]

6. The photo was taken in Canada

I don't recall what the demonstration was about but do remember that the couple had just come from a hockey game.

[tuvor]

9. It wasn't from a demo, but from the riot following Vancouver's loss to Boston for the Stanley Cup.

[one_voice]

7. To keep from crying is right. n/t