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You're posting this photo because the video it's taken from shows him climb up on the tank, have a conversation with the tank commander, climb down off of the tank and leave without incident.
Post that then
https://youtu.be/o-HgONOn0F8?si=wIUcuj_piodzT8KK
This one shows him being dragged away at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFzeNAHEhU
Edit: This still cuts off the end of the video, but it does show more
That one cuts off right before the interesting part. When he keeps climbing up and down the tank, having a conversation with the crew, and then gets rushed off by bystanders without incident.
In other videos you can also see him being dragged off by bystanders in the end.
There's also a bigger picture with Tank Man, that shows the mostly empty square the tanks were leaving, with a handful of soldiers and bikes.
And a bunch of other photos showing the battle that took place in the surrounding streets, with cops that had been lynched and burned and protesters gunned down.
That doesnt make it any more or less of an impactful picture.
I know I've been told that he was eventually run over. Probably by some grade school teacher.
Youtube keeps removing the full video, every link I used to have of it is gone.
I'm so glad that internet archive exists, it's the best illustration of how the west constantly manipulates media.
People thinking they saw the guy get run over is another stupid “Mandela Effect” thing.
Yep, it's wild what teachers tell kids sometimes.