Reality still matters
The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it, I had the terrible realization that there were multiple people in the clip holding their phones up - another angle was bound to surface. Within minutes, a second video was all over social media, and it was even more horrifying. In another recording, seemingly made by a neighbor, a man approaches to render aid. As armed agents rush toward him with guns, he shouts, "I'm a physician!" You can also hear someone sobbing just outside the frame: "That's my wife!"
Much of America has now seen the first few seconds of this video obtained by the Minnesota Refo …