John Anderson's Top 10 Photos of 2020

Staff photographer John Anderson writes: " On the second night of protests after the death of George Floyd, police were clearing Downtown of protesters. At one point they had formed a line completely across Sixth Street, including the sidewalk. Marching toward the crowd, officers were aggressively shouting at protesters to leave and raising guns armed with non-lethal baton rounds. Wanting to capture the clash between police and protesters as it moved down the street, I surreptitiously ducked inside a doorway. Despite wearing press credentials and legally standing on the sidewalk, a maskless officer wielding pepper spray and apparently surprised at my presence, yelled at me to get back with the protesters. Trying to avoid arrest, I quickly followed orders but not before grabbing this shot."