A short spoken commentary by Molly McPherson reflecting on how media and public narratives shifted after a shooting: initial claims framed the suspect as transgender, then reportage tied the incident to Minneapolis. McPherson highlights the tensions as the shooter is recast as a ‘normal-looking’ young man with a promising future and comments on collective difficulty processing changing roles and expectations.
They so desperately wanted it to be. And remember, like, right away when they, when they arrested the one guy, that it was trans. Remember that. That it was a trans shooter. And then all of a sudden the narrative was tying it into Minneapolis. But you know, the, the, the mega, the mega narrative was it was a trans shooter in Minnesota, but also it was a young male in distress in, in Minneapolis. Just a normal looking kid in their twenties. Smart. From all accounts, I've read this far. Promising future gone. Sad. Yeah, sad. I totally agree. Collectively don't know how to process this. The popular football star isn't the high school shooter. The deep and gray narratives are shifting and we don't know how to deal with new roles.
