Freedom of Speech & Protest

This child is holding a protest sign on March 26, 2010, often used by the Westboro Baptist Church, which was in the news today as part of a Supreme Court case about whether its members can be restricted from protesting during funerals. This photo — by k763 — is reproduced under a Creative Commons license.

HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — For picture part the assignment, you just need to complete all the elements above:

• Upload the photo.
• Aggregate it to an item in the news.
• Credit the photo and link to the photo, CC license and photographer.

That aside, I also picked this photo because I was hoping you could tell me if it's appropriate to use in a news context, especially given it's a child? Also, is it appropriate to use to describe an event that happened today even though this picture was taken in March?

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