Selective Outrage and the Death We’re Already Exploiting

When Video Evidence Exists — and Truth Still Isn’t Enough

Part II of a Two-Part Series

I knew what was coming the moment I saw the footage.

Before the headlines stabilized.
Before the hashtags multiplied.
Before people started shouting absolutes.

I remember thinking, This is going to be George Floyd 2.0.

Not because the circumstances were the same — they weren’t.
But because I recognized the pattern.

A death occurs.
Em…