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Shermer Says 5: What Went Wrong in Minnesota? Protests, Panic, and Personal Responsibility
· 28 min · Episode 582
Episode Shermer Says 5: What Went Wrong in Minnesota? Protests, Panic, and Personal Responsibility
In this solo episode of The Michael Shermer Show, Michael Shermer responds to the shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old healthcare worker who was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis during protests over enforcement of immigration law.
As political debate intensifies, Shermer asks a tough question that most discussions are avoiding: What role does personal responsibility play in emotionally charged, high-risk situations?
He separates the facts we can reasonably assert from what remains uncertain and explains why scrutinizing frame-by-frame video misses something essential about how humans behave under stress and fear.
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