Most people in Broad Channel first saw it the next night when an amateur videotape was broadcast on television.

And two weeks earlier, an amateur videotape seems to show, cops apparently beat another Staten Island man.

It exists only on an amateur videotape made from the group's only concert at that moment.

Relying on amateur videotapes, New York City police have arrested more than 20 young men.

Arguments began with showings of the amateur videotape of the beating that was made a year and two days ago.

Its trajectory was even captured on an amateur videotape.

The beating was captured on an amateur videotape and caused a nationwide outcry about police brutality.

Between them and complicating the matter is an amateur videotape of the incident that each side says supports its version of events.

The police said they were viewing an amateur videotape to determine the cause.

Those illuminating remarks raise a second question, namely, what would we have known if amateur videotapes hadn't emerged?