Honest question: why are Houstonians more outraged by what happened in Minneapolis than Hardy street?

Serious, not a rhetorical question.

Theories:

  • momentum and band wagon jumping. National news vs local

  • Race: victims were white and cop was black in the Hardy street raid

  • virtue signaling: the virtue signal is strong when the victim is black vs white

  • Floyd’s death was on video and an image is more compelling

  • Hardy street was just fuel and Floyd’s death was the spark

I’m not trying to make a rhetorical point. I know it probably looks that way, but honestly I’m not. But outside of the theories I proposed, I can’t figure how Floyd’s death is a bigger deal than Hardy street. Thoughts?

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