An El Salvadoran National Police officer employing a civilian as a human shield during a street skirmish with armed protesters. San Salvador, Salvadoran civil war, 1983. [960 x 606]. Photo taken by Etienne Montes.

Comments

1. pennyharps

   Wait, what?

2. Hedgehogz_Mom

   Christ this is hearbreaking. Fucking humans man.

3. Storyteller_Of_Unn

   There is no low to which agents of the state will not sink.

4. UnJayanAndalou

   The civil wars in Central America were brutal, to put it mildly.

5. 17000a

   These are the kinds of atrocities immigrants were looking to escape that are now often overlooked by ignorant individuals.