Police with dogs at a Richmond demonstration
(Copyright Richmond Times-Dispatch, used with permission)

Questions for classroom discussion

1. What do you think is happening in this photograph? What makes you say that?
2. Look at the man in the center, holding the sign. What do you think he is trying to do?
3. The two policemen in the middle of the picture have been called to this scene. Who do you think asked them to come, and why?
4. Look at the dogs in the photograph. Why do you think these dogs were brought along?
5. Who is the most important person in the picture? What makes you say that?
6. Imagine that you were participating in this protest. What do you think you would feel if you saw these policemen and their dogs?

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