The protester Ieshia Evans being detained in Baton Rouge, La., on July 9. Credit : Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

Iesha Evans appears unafraid and elegant in contrast to the heavily armed and protected police. She is unarmed and poses no threat to the men yet they are coming at her so aggressively. She’s a superhero in the way she composes herself, she has the courage to stand against an institution who does not value her life the way they would a white man’s.