Allissa V. Richardson, Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Author at Local News Matters

Why cellphone videos of Black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs

by Allissa V. Richardson, Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism June 23, 2020June 24, 2020

As Ahmaud Arbery fell to the ground, the sound of the gunshot that took his life echoed loudly throughout his Georgia neighborhood. I rewound the video of his killing. Each time I viewed it, I was drawn first to the young black jogger’s seemingly carefree stride, which was halted by two white men in a white pickup […]

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Why cellphone videos of Black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs

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