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Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public's view of protest

  • Written by Danielle K. Kilgo, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public's view of protestProtesters outside of a burning Minneapolis police precinctAP Photo/John Minchillo

A teenager held her phone steady enough to capture the final moments of George Perry Floyd’s life as he apparently suffocated under the weight of a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck. The video went viral.

What happened next has played out time a...

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