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Patrick O’Brien
Lifestyle
Life After Layoff: Matawan Man Uses Time Off To Photograph Historic Moments
A row of orange barriers was the only thing that separated Patrick O'Brien from a line of police officers at the Asbury Park rally for social injustice and police brutality. As protestors rallied around him, the moment seemed surreal to O'Brien. Nearly three months prior at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was laid off from his job. It was a position he'd held for five years. His future seemed uncertain -- everything seemed uncertain. But there he was -- at the rally. In the front row alongside the protestors. His camera in his hands, watching as a black officer in the line facing hi…