I am reminded of that man with the shopping bags standing in front of that tank in Tianiman Square. Why did it became one of the world’s most famous photographs? Because no matter who or where you were, you saw a little guy DOING THE RIGHT THING to the big guy DOING THE WRONG THING.
There were hundreds of onlookers to this cop macing those kids only a few feet away. Had just one ran up and grabbed the can of mace from Lt Pike and took their lumps at least we would have a hero in all this rather than just a fat nasty dickhead.