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George Floyd was murdered a year ago. Many Black Floridians still can’t watch.
Violent images of police brutality have psychological impacts mental health counselors say resemble post-traumatic stress disorder.
 
 
Charlie Jenkins, seen here during a recent visit to Tampa s Lykes Gaslight Park, asks why it takes such dehumanizing images to move the needle on racial justice. [ MENGSHIN LIN | Times ]
When the video first surfaced, 67-year-old Samuel Wright couldn’t watch.
Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was kneeling on the neck of a Black man begging for his life.
“I don’t need to get sick watching the George Floyd video,” Wright told himself a year ago. ....

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