figured something out probably video actually is bad for understanding things that have happened more often than not
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Blake was repeatedly shot in the back . . . maybe carrying a knife, after someone reported a violent rape (not depicted) Floyd died while a cop kneeled on him . . . with vast quantities of fentanyl in his system (not depicted)
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I'm not offering a judgment about any of these cases per se Rather just want to highlight that in every case the immediate public reaction is based entirely on rapidly-available video that is evaluated exclusively on its own merits sans any diagram analogue
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Video is incomplete, moves very quickly online without context, and as audiovisual information is much more evocative that prose is difficult to criticize So Expect lots of dumb decisions made on the basis of it going forward I guess Contemplate this on the Tree of Woepic.twitter.com/8Xbz88Cwk4
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we gotta have a big argument about theory-laden-ness and empirical proxies hope we remain friends long enough to do it over beers or something i’m getting sick of twitter
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I totally want this come to Seattle! First round on me
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This would be a more compelling argument if the video didn’t often flatly contradict the story from the police. Context is one thing. But when you tell a lot of lies, people start to think you’re a liar.
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Yah seems like people got overtrained on this and overcorrected Idk, cases like: Consider the guy in Minneapolis who considered suicide--video supported police HARD and everyone still rioted Or, consider a very different case (Covington)
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Nothing is ever "complete evidence". Those physically present don't even know most of what's going on. Including the cops and the victims. Which is why using violence, especially in a complex situation, is so stupid. That, perhaps, is the real takeaway from these videos.
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