I believe you when you tell me a white South Carolina cop shot and killed an unarmed black man because it was caught on video.
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I believe publications when they publish that this white cop shot this black man in the back.
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My job requires me to read through a lot of news every morning. News of
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What's disappointing is the
@guardian, the@nytimes, and the@washingtonpost all have still images of Scott being killed on the front page.2 replies 19 retweets 4 likes -
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I don't need to see images or watch video of this killing. I don't need to consume black death in order to recognize that it exists.
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A lot of us also have personal reasons for why we don't want to see images of cops killing people: it's happened to our friends and family.
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The decision to plaster black death on the front page isn't arbitrary: it's one made by mostly white newsrooms and editors.
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This does't mean that I want to see white people being killed on a front page, either. But it does mean I won't ever have to.
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