Man in a viral protest photo successfully runs for City Council in Charlotte Protester wins Charlotte City Council seat 00:55 Story highlights Braxton Winson joined a protest after a man was shot by police in Charlotte He was the center of a dramatic photo, now he's about to take a seat on the City Council (CNN) In just over the past year, Braxton Winston has gone from a prominent protester to a popular politician. Last September, Winston was the center of a dramatic photo from Charlotte, North Carolina, showing him shirtless and with his fist raised, facing a line of police wearing riot gear and holding batons. Soon, though, he'll be joining the Charlotte City Council after he was elected as an at-large council member on November 7. And the path that led him to the council began specifically on September 20, 2016, the night that photo was taken. "My life changed (that day)," Winston told CNN. "That day, the history of C...
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