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Many people  are commenting on the remarkable poise of Diamond Reynolds as she captured her boyfriend's death on live video. 

broadcast the scene live so Americans could come to their own conclusions about what happened.


This technology that allows Reynolds, and others, to share video in real time is relatively new.

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The algorithms behind that technology help explain how quickly the video went viral, jump starting protests locally and across the country.


MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke about the technology with MPR Digital Editor Michael Olson.

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Many people  are commenting on the remarkable poise of Diamond Reynolds as she captured her boyfriend's death on live video. This technology that allows Reynolds, and others, to take this action is relatively new.

Many people  are commenting on the remarkable poise of Diamond Reynolds as she captured her boyfriend's death on live video.  Reynolds said she decided to broadcast the scene live so Americans could come to their own conclusions about what happened.  But the technology that allows Reynolds, and others, to take this action is relatively new. And the algorithms behind that technology help explain how quickly the video went viral, jump starting protests here and across the country.

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