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."
