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Trooper, photographer reflect on iconic photo
Image of hooded, robed kid circulates on social media
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Retired Georgia State Trooper Allen Campbell, right, holds a copy of the photo shot by Todd Robertson, left, in 1992 that shows Campbell looking at a small child in a KKK outfit during a Klan rally in Gainesville. - photo by Tom Reed
The photograph has traveled through social media sites and articles, touching hearts while evoking memories of a racially charged, not-too-distant era in Hall County’s history. It shows a young child, dressed in white Ku Klux Klan hood and robe, touching his reflection in a riot shield carried by an African-American Georgia State Patrol trooper during a rally in downtown Gainesville on Sept. 5, 1992. The now-retired trooper, Allen Campbell, with his hands firmly planted on top of the shield, is staring down at the child, no particular expression on his face.