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A digital, black-and-white image of Lexi Underwood speaking at a Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles protest against District Attorney Jackie Lacey in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The image was shot from below, looking upwards towards Underwood. She is wearing a black, sleeveless T-shirt, a black baseball-style cap, and a small waist pack worn across her chest. Her hair is arranged in long twists that drape down over her proper left shoulder and behind her back. She is speaking into a microphone in her proper right hand and has pulled a white mask away from her mouth with proper left hand. Black handwritten text on the bottom edge of the mask reads [BREATHE]. Behind Underwood is a partially visible white sign. The sign has an illustration of the face of Anthony “A.J.

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