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Ted Miller's avatar

Excellent, Garrett. And right on point. Thank you for articulating those feelings I too have been unable to shake.

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Thank you for this. I've been on social media so much less (is it weird that I have Elon Musk to *thank* for something?) that I've managed to completely avoid the video of the beating and have only seen the joyful video Tyre's family wants people to see, with him skateboarding against a beautiful sunset. I saw someone's comment about people not knowing what to do if they can't just boost a horrible video to show they "care" and you nailed it with every bit of this piece.

The wonderful urbanist thinker/doer Jay Pitter said it so, so well on Twitter: "This time, I refuse to suffer the indignation of reminding you that our lives matter." https://twitter.com/Jay_Pitter/status/1619400991782350848?s=20&t=IpZPDBkHi5DRpvZs86nxbQ

On the Walgreen's thing, which isn't the largest point but is part of the overall pattern you're describing, Judd Legum did a great piece on the manufacture of outrage about nonexistent shoplifting https://popular.info/p/how-walgreens-manufactured-a-media.

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