The Atlantic looks back at 1968

The Atlantic‘s In Focus offers 50 images from 50 years ago.

Policemen Choking African American Rioter

Original caption: Miami policemen, one holding the man’s arm and the other with an arm lock on his neck, drag away a Negro youth during a clash between police and rioters in that city’s predominantly Negro Liberty City district on August 8, 1968. Bettmann / Getty