Videos of Police Brutality Matter, Even If They Don’t Always Save Us

Videos won’t always bring justice or peace, but they do bring truth

A woman films police officers at a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Los Angeles, CA on June 2, 2020. Photo: Kyle Grillot/Getty Images

I’ve never seen a dead White body. Never seen a White person take their last breath or scream for mercy on camera except in movies. Never saw a dead White person sprawled out on the front page of the daily newspaper or pop up on my…