More of you need to be following @HelpfulNotes instead of believing everything you see on Twitter

While everyone was waiting (in vain, as it turns out) to see whether a New York grand jury on Wednesday would return an indictment against former President Trump -- a turn of events that’s been the subject of intense speculation over the last few days -- a roughly 40-second video started being widely shared on Twitter around mid-morning that sought to cast the Manhattan DA prosecuting the Trump case in a negative light.

“Perhaps the Manhattan DA can investigate this group of THUGS who viciously attacked and beat a 12-year-old White girl in New York City?” the Twitter user wrote, a reference to DA Alvin Bragg’s approach to criminal justice reform and reduced sentences that have led to accusations of his being “soft on crime.” The video attached to that tweet was a horrifying clip showing teens assailing a victim lying on the ground whose face is blurred. And as of this writing, the video has been viewed nearly 2 million times on Twitter.

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