By Catherine Ho, Photo: Justin Sullivan, Staff/Getty Images, San Francisco Chronicle, February 1, 2023
Last week brought a relentless wave of horrific news events: two California mass shootings two days apart, the release of video footage showing Memphis police officers’ violent beating of Tyre Nichols, and the release of a body-cam recording showing an intruder’s attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul in the couple’s San Francisco home.
Each incident was disturbing, and in some cases exacerbated the stress many communities — including Asian American and Pacific Islanders, Black Americans and migrant workers — have already experienced as instances of anti-Asian violence and police brutality gained in visibility during the last few years.
News consumers who want to stay engaged and aware of current events can find it difficult to process traumatic news stories in way that best protects their mental health.
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