The Art of Defiance

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Robert Cohen's photo of Ed has become an iconic image of the Ferguson protests. It was also part of a group of photographs taken after the shooting of Michael Brown by photographers at the St. Louis Dispatch that would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize. "I feel like, okay, well, they appreciate me because they feel what I did was right," says Cohen.

On August 10th, 2014, one day after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, Edward Crawford went to his first protest. “The people, you know, I guess they were out there to be heard,” Ed told us.

We also speak with Robert Cohen of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

We first released this episode in 2015—this version includes an update. This episode contains references to police brutality. To see Robert Cohen's photographs, visit the episode on our website.

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