File:Cochrane-Charles-H.jpg

Summary
Charles H. "Charlie" Cochrane, Jr. (1943-2008), first openly gay New York City police officer. Photograph by unknown photographer, distributed as part of a handout during the June 2016 dedication of Sgt. Charles Cochrane Way in Manhattan. Digitized by Juliet Papas/1010 wins and published on the net at

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/17/greenwich-village-street-rename-nypd-officer/

Additional digital editing by Tim Davenport ("Carrite") for Wikipedia, no copyright claimed for the additional work, file released to the public domain subject to the original copyright rights of the photographer.

Fair use image of a deceased historically significant individual.

Fair use rationale follows:

1. This is a fair use image for the illustration of a non-profit encyclopedia article about the subject of the image to help the reader better understand the subject.

2. This image is irreplaceable in that there are no existing free use images of this individual available.

3. The photographer is unknown and there is therefore no means of attaining normal copyright clearance.

4. This is a low resolution rendition of the original image, therefore there is no commercial impact foreseeable to the holder of copyright to the original image.

5. This image is to be used only in the illustration of the article about the subject at hand.

6. Source of the image is noted above. Approximately 40% of the entire digitized image is used here.