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Smartphones are once again setting the agenda for justice as the Latino community documents ICE actions

  • Written by Allissa V. Richardson, Associate Professor of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
imageSmartphone witnessing helped spur the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.AP Photo/Ethan Swope

It has been five years since May 25, 2020, when George Floyd gasped for air beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer at the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. Five years since 17-year-old Darnella Frazier stood outside Cup Foods, raised her...

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