The sturgis sex videolatest installment in the Mannequin Challenge social media trend is a powerful freeze frame look at police brutality, civil rights and the Black Lives Matter movement.
SEE ALSO: Alton Sterling's son spent his 16th birthday with Kanye West and Kim KardashianIn the short video directed by online actor and producer Simone Shepherd, the camera pans across several frozen scenes as a heartbeat pulses in the background.
The vignettes depict key moments from the past months and years: shootings and fatalities, including those of Philando Castile, Sandra Bland and Alton Sterling; Trayvon Martin with his Skittles and hoodie up; San Francisco 49ers football player Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem; and Black Lives Matter protesters with their fists raised.
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#mannequichallenge #blackandblue #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/2eC5ARNfGf
— simone shepherd (@simoneshepherd) November 10, 2016
Throughout the video, police tape recordings are played along with Malcolm X's 1964 speech that included the words, "We want justice by any means necessary."
Many online applauded the use of a social media trend to send a real and powerful message.
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This is a really powerful #MannequinChallenge pic.twitter.com/wqesBHw403
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) November 10, 2016
At the end of the video, a heartbeat heard pulsing in the background flatlines.