If it's too bad to be true...

Be extra suspicious of any viral news story that perfectly matches your view of the world.

After a year of horror stories about African-Americans mistreated by police - often caught on video - it is unsurprising that this social media post, from a university student in the very city where George Floyd was killed, caught some attention:

Cases like George Floyd’s get most of the attention, but it’s this kind of thing - where police officers throw their weight around, harass African-Americans on the slightest pretense, and make them fear for their lives for the slightest transgression - is far more prevalent. And it is completely unacceptable.

If this particular incident wasn’t a complete and total lie, I’d say it should push us to have some hard conversations about the issues it raised.