The shooting of Renee Nicole Good wasn’t just a tragedy—it became a mirror for our deepest divides. In the aftermath of Renee’s death, what’s been most striking isn’t just the speed of the reaction, but how familiar the pattern feels. Tragedy is followed by certainty. Footage becomes evidence for conclusions we were already inclined to reach. Grief is filtered through ideology, and empathy is mistaken for taking a side. When the internet plays detective, it rarely slows things down. Polarization rewards immediacy and certainty, not patience or humility, and algorithms amplify the loudest interpretations until they feel like facts. In that environment, the loss of a human life can quietly recede while narratives harden and discourse turns adversarial. The harder work is resisting that pull. Holding space for grief without turning it into a political statement. Acknowledging the seriousness of law enforcement power without defaulting to blanket justification or condemnation. Insisting...