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Misreporting or straight out false reporting in the media is a thing. As a rule of thumb the more emotionally charged the news is the higher chance of it being a manipulation.
This was the case of George Floyd murder where media consistently avoided reporting that victim was a repeated criminal.
I fell for that once. Not gonna happen again
So are you saying that because George Floyd had a criminal history he deserved to be slowly murdered without due process, face down in the street with a knee pressing into his neck so hard it prevented him from drawing breath? That all despite him serving his sentence for his convictions, reintegrating into society, and expressing regret over the wrongs of his past (source).
Don't you see what you're doing? "He had a rough history so no wonder he was the victim of unjustified police violence. Surely that would never happen to anybody who's never done a bad thing in their life like me."
Edit: It's totally fair to approach news reporting with a healthy level of skepticism. But justifying authoritarian violence based on the fact that news outlets sometimes withhold information seems like poor judgement to me. When they violate anybody's liberties, they violate yours too. And when they do come for you, how will you feel about the public reaction being, "meh, they probably had it coming".