From Rodney King to Oscar Grant, the African-American community is no stranger to videos of police brutality going viral. Since the dawn of mobile technology video footage has become easier to make and pass around; meaning that less goes unnoticed. The outrage caused by the King and Grant cases sent the black community through the floodgates, protesting and making it known that police brutality would not be condoned.
But while this combination of viral video and community activism is demonstrating the effectiveness that vigilant public monitoring can have against police brutality, another vast video archive of school yard fights, after-the-club rumbles, and you-sleeping-with my man brawls are having a very different effect on public life and culture. While police brutality videos inspire outrage and action, videos of Black-on-Black violence have become an accepted form of entertainment.
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