Viral photo with grim racial abuse history resurfaces on social media

Viral image shows 12-year-old Devonte Hart hugging a police officer during a rally in Portland, Oregon

As protests rage across the United States and elsewhere in the world to protest police brutality, racism and the killing of George Floyd, a photo showing a black boy in tears hugging a white police officer has resurfaced on social media.

The photo is from 2014 and there’s a dark history behind it.

 
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