Unidentified Passerby

A momentary civilian presence on the streets of Washington, this Unidentified Passerby interrupts a tense political confrontation to ask if everyone is all right, then withdraws when the dispute continues. The passerby functions as a humanizing, non‑institutional touchpoint — a curious onlooker whose brief intervention highlights the public scrutiny surrounding political actors. Their fleeting involvement underscores how contested political actions spill into ordinary civic life, offering a civilian perspective without stakes or sustained narrative investment.