The news media trend of displayed teaser videos with clips of the deaths of Walter Scott and Eric Garner on loops is despicable at best. And, as “The Daily Show” host points out, it’s a trend we have to “nip in the bud, because it’s not going anywhere. … The ubiquity of cellphones is far outpacing police awareness of the ubiquity of cellphones.”

—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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