How videos of police brutality can traumatize kids and teenagers

A protester holds up their homemade sign that says, “Say Her Name” while holding her iphone to record a speaker during a protest at ***** Tower. This was part of the Black Womxn’s Empowerment March that started at ***** Tower and marched to Gracie Mansion. Protesters continue taking to the streets across America and around the world after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer Derek Chauvin that was kneeling on his neck during for eight minutes, was caught on video and went viral. During his arrest as Floyd pleaded, “I Can’t Breathe”. | Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images

They’re harmful to the mental health of Black and Latinx adolescents and teenagers

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