Video and still photos of deadly police encounters in Louisiana and Minnesota are proving irresistible for the media — even if their real lessons are as debatable as their images are shocking.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate the shooting of Philando Castile, a Black man, by police during a seemingly routine traffic stop near St. Paul. It was captured in an unavoidably engrossing video shot by his fiancé, who was in the car with her 4-year-old daughter and recorded the scene while offering an unflustered, journalist-like account in real-time.
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