Disarming gesture
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Disarming gesture

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Associated Press

Maker
American

Disarming gesture

August 24, 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 17.6 x 24.3 cm (6 15/16 x 9 9/16 in.) (including caption)
Paper: 20.6 x 25.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0351.0046
Inscriptions recto (printed): (BX11) BOSTON, AUG. 24 -- DISARMING GESTURE -- Somerville police Sgt. James Ta-tasky, aims a well-timed kick at a youth he caught breaking store windows / on Washington Street, in the downtown shopping district of Boston. The boy / was threatening to toss a bottle at the officer who was holding him at gunpoint. Gun is in policeman's right hand. (AP Wirephoto) (AEM52145glo)67 / (This photo was made by Boston Globe staff photographer Bill Brett) / (EDITORS-SEE (BX10)

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