How to turn filming the police into the end of police brutality

Lab-grown mini-lungs could reveal why covid-19 kills 

Sponsored by MIT Sloan The Download Your daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology 06.10.20 Good morning! Today: how to convert filming police brutality into ending it, lab-grown mini-lungs could help us work out why covid-19 kills, and the impact of the pandemic on the space industry. Get your friends to sign up here to get The Download every day. How to turn filming the police into the end of police brutality   Of all the videos that were released after George Floyd’s murder, the one recorded by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier is the most jarring. It shows Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck as Floyd pleads, “Please, please, please, I can't breathe,” and it shows Chauvin refusing to budge. In the footage, Chauvin lifts his head and locks eyes with Frazier, unmoved—a chilling and devastating image. Documentation like this has galvanized millions of people to flood the streets in over 450 protests in the US and hundreds more in dozens of countries around the world. It’s not just this killing, either. Since the protests have broken out, videos capturing hundreds more incidents of police brutality have been uploaded to social media. A mounted officer tramples a woman. Cop cars accelerate into a crowd. Officers shove an elderly man, who bashes his head when he hits the pavement, and walk away as his blood pools on the ground. One supercut of 14 videos, titled “This Is a Police State,” has been viewed nearly 50 million times. Once again, footage taken on a smartphone is catalyzing action to end police brutality once and for all. But Frazier’s video also demonstrates the challenge of turning momentum into lasting change. Six years ago, the world watched as Eric Garner uttered the same words—“I can’t breathe”—while NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo strangled him in a chokehold. It led to mass protests, yet we’ve found ourselves here again. So how do we turn all this footage into something more permanent—not just protests, but concrete policing reform? The answer involves three phases: first, we must bear witness to these injustices; second, we must legislate at the local, state, and federal levels to dismantle systems that protect the police when they perpetrate such acts; and finally, we should organize community-based “copwatching” programs to hold local police departments accountable. Read the full story. —Karen Hao Lab-grown mini-lungs could reveal why covid-19 kills What’s happening: High-security labs are infecting lab-made human lung cells with the coronavirus. These master cells, dubbed organoids, are complex mini-tissues created from stem cells. What happens once they’re infected could shed light on the strange and deadly effects of covid-19—because it’s not just the virus that matters, but the body’s reaction to it. People are dying from that reaction, and organoids could help zero in on where the damage is worst. Why?: Computer data can only get you so far. If you work with the real thing, you get real results. Organoids may also help researchers study animal viruses they haven’t had a good look at yet because they have proved difficult to grow in a laboratory setting. What’s next: The next question for the lung models will be to determine how particular cell types react to infection. That could help us get a better idea of which drugs will work to block the virus from copying itself. Read the full story.  —Antonio Regalado We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction in these weird times. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or tweet 'em at me.)   + A dog having a bit of an existential moment in front of a mirror.   + Enjoy Louis Theroux documentaries? Then you’ll love his podcast.   + A reality show where people compete to become beauty influencers. Sponsor Message Why Analytics Is the ‘Secret Sauce’ of Startup Success Think of analytics as the key to an undiscovered kingdom: Wielded properly, it can unlock new worlds. 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