Over the past year, many of us have encountered, navigated, and processed violence alone on our phones. We watched videos of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti being fatally shot and Liam Conejo Ramos being detained by ICE agents. These photos and videos triggered anger, sadness, and desperation for many (along with frustration that these deaths were the inciting blow against ICE agents that have killed many more people of color this year and last).
While the institutions and people committing these crimes do not want them recorded, the Department of Homeland Security and the wider Trump administration is using "organized loneliness," a totalitarian tool that seeks to distort peoples' perception of reality.