Jana Birchum's Top 10 Photos of 2020

From Austin To Minneapolis, Justice For George Floyd & Mike Ramos Rally, held outside Austin Police Headquarters, May 30, 2020

Staff photographer Jana Birchum writes: “Black Lives Matter and Mike Ramos Brigade protesters climbed onto I-35 and stopped traffic for several hours in protest of police violence against communities of color. The Austin Police Department responded by shooting “less than lethal rounds” into the crowd, spraying them widely with pepper spray, and using horses to clear the road. This is my top photo because it’s the first time in all my years of covering protests that I have had a gun trained on me by police. There has been an enormous amount of anger from the public in response to APD’s tactics regarding the protests. Many police had these weapons this day, which ended with several people being shot, some seriously injured, by the Austin Police Department, leading to calls to reform the department.”