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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 May 2020

      We hear a lot about polarization. And then there's reality. Poll done after the unrest shows *only* 4% says Chauvin, the police officer who killed Floyd, should not have been charged; 77% thinks authorities were too slow to arrest him and 47% would like a *more* serious charge.pic.twitter.com/D3KS1rNLAX

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 May 2020

      Not saying there are no issues. But the public is united that a cop putting his knee on an handcuffed man's neck to torture him to death isn't okay, and knows what's up with the color of his skin. But here's where it then goes: News coverage and social media: riots riots riots.pic.twitter.com/eT2GY9ga4V

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 May 2020

          This will be followed by months of propaganda—riots, riots, antifa, riots, antifa—and that's how the underlying remarkable unity will not result in comprehensive police reform—the direction you'd think things might have gone when 96% of the public wants the killer charged.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 May 2020

          I'm not naive about our divisions or the depth of structural racism. But it's also politically organized, stoked, fed into various mechanisms till we get where we are. It's true for so many issues where public is fairly united. Minimum wage. Student debt. Taxing the rich. etc.

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 31 May 2020

          Anyway, here's the poll. https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/098uixfv4a/20200531_yahoo_race_and_justice_toplines.pdf …

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jun 2020

          Many dynamics—how human attention works; how media functions; how social media makes money—is moving us away from political action on a central truth: there is near unanimous agreement in this country that George Floyd's killer should be charged. Strong ground for police reform.

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jun 2020

          We should wake up to headlines and posts that say "The country is unanimously outraged by Floyd's murder. The way black people are treated by the police is unacceptable. Yes, mass protests are continuing." And then, the rest. The rest is news, but only as part of the main news.

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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Jun 2020

          It's often said that news follows the unexpected. "Man bites dog." Ok. Amidst all the polarization, in a poll taken after the unrest, 77% said the authorities were *too slow* to charge the police officer who killed Floyd. 96% agree he should be charged. Why isn't this big news?

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        2. Len Sherman‏ @lenshermanCBS 31 May 2020
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          Are you suggesting that coverage is inaccurate? Or that news coverage per se fuels latent rage?

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        3. Build Biden Back Better‏ @TeeterBuilt 1 Jun 2020
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          I am!

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        1. Paul Chapman‏ @igblan 31 May 2020
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          Hunt down the Haskell Wexler film Medium Cool. TV has always lapped up civil unrest in America.

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        1. Earthling‏ @edzsplace 31 May 2020
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          I agree with the charge, but there has been nothing proven that it was racially motivated. George didn't deserve to die. He did struggle to be kept out of the back of the police vehicle. If it was a 25 year old white man, the cop likely would have done same thing. Cop seemed mad

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