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Graphic PSA addresses dating violence
By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
March 26, 2009

We've all seen the leaked photos of singer Rihanna's bruised and battered face after her boyfriend Chris Brown assaulted her (or, well, to be more honest, beat the living daylight out of her). And we've all read the stories, the police reports, the aftermath.

But now a new public service announcement by teen organization Do Something is taking this case of dating abuse to the next level. They have released a PSA that graphically re-enacts what happened that night between the two celebrities taken straight from the detective's notes.

I'll admit, it's hard to watch. A voiceover reads the words from the police report as two teens act it out. And we're not talking play acting here.

But Do Something is trying to get their message out and using any means necessary to do so. One in three teens will be a victim of dating violence and that's something that needs to be addressed, even if it's hard to look at.

The group is also promoting their cause to end dating violence by offering free bracelets on their Web site that show the 1 in 3 stats. The bracelets come in packs of three: one blue and two black.