An Image of a Girl Scout Facing Down a NeoNazi Has Become the Latest Viral Protest Picture
An image of a girl scout calmly facing down a neo-Nazi at a protest has become the latest in a string of iconic protest pictures to go viral online. CNN reports that the image was taken by computer photographer and amateur photographer Vladimr imanec on May 1 during a protest in the Czech Republic's second-biggest city Brno. The network says the girls is 16-year-old Lucie "Lala" Myslkov. According to local news site Romea, around 150 "ultra-right" demonstrators planned to march through the city to denounce multiculturalism and the country's membership in the European Union. , They were reportedly met by some 300 counter-protestors, including Myslkov. The image was later shared on Facebook by the World Organisation of the Scout Movement, which wrote "People from all walks of life, and Scouts among them, came to the streets during an extreme right march yesterday, to express their support for values of diversity, peace and understanding. Creating a better world!", The image's growing fame comes after similar photographs from far-right protests. Last month, a picture of a British woman smiling defiantly at the leader of the English Defence League was shared widely online.