The Getty Images photo that went around the world, featuring Scott Jones trying to comfort his girlfriend Alex Thomas.
VANCOUVER, B.C. Canada - Scott Jones says he was just trying calm his girlfriend down after they both had been hit by Vancouver police when the now-famous photos of them lying in the street and kissing was taken in the midst of Wednesday night’s riot.Jones said they had been trying to get out of the downtown area but found themselves on a street filled with police in riot gear.
“We weren’t being aggressive towards [police] or anything like that. But eventually they passed over us. And that’s when we were on the ground. She was a bit hysterical afterwards, obviously, and I was just trying to calm her down,” said Jones, 29, an Australian who’s been in Canada for six months.
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