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    How (not) to watch viral videos of police brutality

    by Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Los Angeles Times Mar 20, 2023 5 minutes
    Body camera footage of the arrest of George Floyd is shown to the court in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin was captured on tape on May 25, 2020, pressing his knee onto Floyd's neck for nine minutes during an arrest. Chauvin was convicted in Floyd's death.

    WASHINGTON — Angela Blount doesn't watch videos of police violence. She didn't watch the video of Memphis, Tennessee, police beating Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who later died of his injuries. She didn't watch the video of a Minneapolis police officer murdering George Floyd.

    And she probably won't watch the next viral video of a Black American being beaten or killed by law enforcement.

    "I have a Black son and I have two Black grandsons. It would be like watching my own child or grandkids being beat to death," she said. "I am 67 years old and I didn't want to do that to my body, my mind, my spirit. I needed to protect myself."

    Videos of police violence have spurred change in Americans' attitudes. But watching them can also do real harm.

    "If you watch someone get murdered, of course, that might trigger some

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