It's the front page headline of the NYTimes and WaPo. It's on the front page of CNN, an article about it is on the front page of the LATimes. There isn't really any media blackout. As to why there haven't been many protests, I think that the fact that all the cops were black is significant. Everything in the US is viewed through such a hyper racialized lense, so I think for a lot of people this just isn't going to resonate the same way.
And also there's the obvious fact that this doesn't really fit into the culture war stuff as easily. Both parties are pro-cop, so while the Democrats might give it some passing acknowledgement, they won't really people to start thinking to hard about it, because that lead's down a path they don't want to travel. But also the video just got released a couple days ago, these things are sometimes a bit of a slow burn I feel.
It's the front page headline of the NYTimes and WaPo. It's on the front page of CNN, an article about it is on the front page of the LATimes. There isn't really any media blackout. As to why there haven't been many protests, I think that the fact that all the cops were black is significant. Everything in the US is viewed through such a hyper racialized lense, so I think for a lot of people this just isn't going to resonate the same way.
And also there's the obvious fact that this doesn't really fit into the culture war stuff as easily. Both parties are pro-cop, so while the Democrats might give it some passing acknowledgement, they won't really people to start thinking to hard about it, because that lead's down a path they don't want to travel. But also the video just got released a couple days ago, these things are sometimes a bit of a slow burn I feel.