Wayne Lawrence

National Geographic: The Stop

  • Woodrow Vereen stands for a portrait while his sons Jackson and Josiah wait near Fairfield Ave and Albion St. in Bridgeford CT, where he was stopped and illegally seached by police for allegedly going through a yellow light.Photographed on November 30th, 2017.
  • Jahmal Cole stands for a portrait near 2500 W 95th St. in Chicago where he was pulled over by police for allegedly not wearing a seatbelt when in fact everyone in the car was wearing their seatbelt. October, 29 2017
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  • Police Commisioner Deborah Wright and her daughter Jasmine stand for a portrait near the intersection of Dixwell Ave and Benum Rd, in Hamden CT where she was pulled over by local police in 2013.
  • Bobby McGee stands for a portrait near S Vincennes Ave and West 75th Street where police chased him one night through an alleyway to the front of his house where they then tackled and arrested him. October, 29 2017.
  • Robert Smith stands for a portrait near the intersection of Leetsdale Dr. and S Forest St. where he was stopped by Denver police when he was just 17years old. He says this experiance stayed with him his entire life. Today he is the richest African American man in America. Photographed on November 10, 2017
  • Garrett and Rosie Smith stand for a portrait with their children near the I-17 Exit 229 and Anthem Way where the family was pulled over by police and harrassed by officers. Not only were they harrased, but Rosie, who is Mexican, was questioned by officers seperatly. Shot on November 15, 2017 in Anthem, AZ.
  • Daniel Magos stands for a portrait near the intersection of 27th Avenue and West Durango St. in Phoenix Arizona, where he was stopped and illigaly searched by agressive police because of Sheriff Arpaio's discriminitory policing practices. He later went on to testify against Arpaio in a racial-profiling class action lawsuit that was ruled in his favor. Photgraphed in Phoenix AZ on November 12, 2017
  • Corey Mason stands for a portrait near the corner of E 46th Street and S Martin Luther King Drive where he was pulled over by police near his home. October, 29 2017
  • Retired NFL receiver Anquan Boldin stands for a portrait with his cousin CJ a few yards from where his cousin (CJ's brother) Cory Jones was killed by a plain clothes police officer while waiting for roadside assistance, Palm Beach County, October 10, 2017.
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