Bystander Video: A History: Media

Sometimes pictures are worth more than a thousand words.

Videos

Iranian protests

Bystander video footage taken during the protests in Iran in January 2026 shows Iranian...

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Bearing witness

Several bystanders recording the actions of U.S. federal immigration agents with...

The evidence

George Holliday used his new video camera to record officers beating and kicking...

Protesters taking to the streets of Tunisia to demand the end to an oppressive regime,...

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Witness to horror

Video still from police body-camera footage of bystanders, including 17-year-old...

Capturing tragedy

Bystander video shows Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Alex Pretti (in brown...