 Right in front of Hudson stepped Parker High School senior Walter Gadsden when a police officer grabbed the young man 's sweater and a police dog charged him . Gadsden had been attending the demonstration as an observer . He was related to the editor of Birmingham 's black newspaper , The Birmingham World , who strongly disapproved of King 's leadership in the campaign . Gadsden was arrested for " parading without a permit " , and after witnessing his arrest , Commissioner Connor remarked to the officer , " Why didn 't you bring a meaner dog ; this one is not the vicious one . " Hudson 's photo of Gadsden and the dog ran across three columns in the prominent position above the fold on the front page of The New York Times on May 4 , 1963 . 
