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Distro - Police Work 

Leonard Freed 

In the 1970s, a challenging time for the NYPDs, Leonard Freed walked alongside New York City police officers to document their work. As anti-Vietnam War demonstrations grew in New York City in 1972, with protesters calling policemen "pigs," Leonard Freed began to question himself about the daily lives and responsibilities of being a police officer. "If a cop makes a mistake and accidentally shoots somebody, he's a murderer," the photographer said, reflecting on his documentation. 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. Working with an artist, a police artist... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. An officer removes his ankle revolver... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. The police rushed to the supermarket... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A police officer at his post during... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. Police station. 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. The curator of the police museum holds... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. The raid, a big one, had about a dozen... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. "Shooting gallery" lavatory clogged... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A "shooting gallery." 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979.

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. The call coming through the police... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A detective registers rifles confiscated... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. An abandoned building with a "shooting... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A "shooting gallery" raid. 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. Funeral for an officer killed in the... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. Photograph of anti-war demonstrators.... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. As they pulled this man out of the... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A "shooting gallery" raid. 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. December 31, 1979. New Year's Eve.

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A drug addict is searched for drugs... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. An officer relaxes at a street fair.... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. On a warm July day neighborhood children... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A demonstrator refused to stop blocking... 

Leonard Freed 1979

USA. New York City. 1979. A community group accuses a precinct... 

Leonard Freed 1978

USA. New York City. 1978. Officer Steve Krajci puts on a bullet... 

Leonard Freed 1978

USA. New York City. 1978. The Bowery district of the Lower East... 

Leonard Freed 1978

USA. New York City. 1978. A known drug dealer shows the knife... 

Leonard Freed 1978

USA. New York City. 1978. A man taken into custody in a police... 

Leonard Freed 1978

USA. NYC. 1978. A police officer patiently waits in the hospital... 

Leonard Freed 1972

USA. New York City. 1972. Homocide in a welfare office. On Friday... 

Leonard Freed 1972

USA. New York City. 1972. Homocide in the garage of a lavish... 

Leonard Freed 1972

USA. New York City. 1972. Harlem. A night raid on drug pushers... 
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