These viral photos show a young woman in a flowing dress standing -being arrested by heavily armed police during the peaceful protest of Alton Sterling (the man who was shot dead by police during arrest)
Natasha Haynes, a lifelong friend of Evans, said she traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following the shooting of Alton Sterling because she 'wanted a better future for her five-year-old son'.
Haynes explained that Evans, a nurse's assistant, was 'overcome with emotion' while watching the demonstrations on TV and decided to take action.
She left her son behind with his father in New York and traveled to the protest site where she was taking part in the main demonstration shortly before she was arrested.
Haynes said that the fateful moment she was arrested came when officers attempted to push the crowd back from the Baton Rouge Police Department, despite the protest being peaceful until that point.
Evans told her: 'I went into the street with my arms crossed and just stared at them. I guess they didn't like it because they detained me.'
While Evans said that the arrest was a little rough, as was processing, while in jail she said a kind officer made sure all of the demonstrators were treated well.
Police records show she was held overnight before being booked and released earlier today, and she is now in her hotel room in Louisiana recovering from her ordeal.....
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