A simple photo that was shared on social media way back in 2015 still has people talking. The powerful message behind the selfie has won praises from over half a million netizens.
Gregory Barnes Jr., the vice president at STAR Financial Bank, recounted on his Facebook page the interaction he had with Indiana State Trooper Shawn Cosgrove on Sept. 18, 2015—the year when mainstream media highly publicized the incidents of African-American men being shot by white police officers.