"When I watch the reporting of this incident, the storyline I tend to hear is that a racist cop arrested a black man and used excessive and unnecessary force when arresting him. (Spoiler alert: He did.) I saw the video of the incident and it looked like murder to me; as it did to the majority of people watching it. However, that was not the entire story. Have we all rushed to judgment?"

This podcast is an excerpt of a longer essay found on JimStroud.com. 

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