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That’s especially relevant this week, with the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling<\/a> in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Philando Castile<\/a> in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and five Dallas police officers<\/a>\u00a0(with seven others wounded).<\/p>\n Outrage, grief and demands for change followed, due in large part to the fact that these three events were documented in a series of videos from bystanders and loved ones \u2014 and they spread quickly and widely across the internet. But while there’s little research on the mental health effects<\/a> of seeing these injustices via digital means, it introduces a new kind of trauma \u2014 and it’s crucial to take the proper steps to cope. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n More about Alton Sterling<\/a>, Philando Castile<\/a>, Police Brutality<\/a>, Police Violence<\/a>, and Dallas<\/a> When we bear witness to tragic events from afar, whether it’s through social media or via cable news, it’s easy to forget self-care. That’s especially relevant this week, with the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Philando … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3695,3697,3696,1754,2818],"class_list":["post-4789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-alton-sterling","tag-dallas","tag-philando-castile","tag-police-brutality","tag-police-violence"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"