Roland MeyerThe forensic promise of networked images was: the more digital footage there is of an event, the more reliably that event can be reconstructed, by systematically cross-referencing information obtained from different angles. Methodologically, this still seems true. Politically, however, the opposite seems to be the case: the more images, the more competing versions of reality. In the case of the murder of Renee Good by an ICE agent, the visual evidence captured from different angles initially seemed so overwhelming that Bellingcat as well as many news agencies were able to provide detailed analyses that left little room for doubt: it was murder. However, with the release of new footage of the murder, taken by the killer himself, realities now seem to be falling apart along political lines. Although this video in no way contradicts the others (and even provides the additional information that Renee Good turns the steering wheel to the right), it is being used by fascists as proof of innocence, if not justification.
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