Explain how the events described in the passage relate to specific concepts discussed in the Mutsaers and van Nuenen (2016) essay on Police Punishment.

In an article entitled K-Pop Fancams Got Political to Protect Black Lives Matter Protesters from Dallas Police, a Teen Vogue journalist writes:

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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/k-pop-fancams-protect-black-lives-matter-protestors-dallas-police

On Sunday, May 31 [2020], the Dallas Police Department took to Twitter to urge its followers to send in video of illegal activity from the protests via their iWatch Dallas app. Not even 24 hours after the original call to action, they tweeted the app was experiencing technical difficulties and will be down temporarily. The reason? Well, K-pop fancams might have something to do with it.

After [George] Floyd was killed in police custody, countless protests have taken place and are ongoing around the U.S. and beyond, demanding justice and calling out racism and police brutality against Black people. While people are fighting for basic rights in the street, some K-pop stans are doing their part online. As reported by BuzzFeed News, K-pop fans took notice of the Dallas Police Departments first tweet and took matters into their own hands to protect protesters. Instead of submitting video evidence of illegal activities, stans inundated the app with their fancams.

In no more than 400 words, explain how the events described in the passage above relate to specific concepts discussed in the Mutsaers and van Nuenen (2016) essay on Police Punishment. In your response, compare this example with one of the examples the authors discuss in their text.

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