A police officer was pictured raising a rubber bullet gun near a man carrying his little girl on his shoulders during George Floyd protests.
Taken by photographer Richard Grant at a demonstration in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, the powerful image has been shared thousands of times.
It portrays the tension found across the United States at the moment as Americans have taken to the streets to share their outrage at the death of an unarmed black man, after a white cop knelt on his neck for several minutes.
A number of policemen wearing protective riot masks stand on a street corner, with several sporting the firearms that have been used to try and quell protests in the last week.
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