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Stage 5 pundit-brain is watching an innocent woman being killed by agents of the state and going, "hmm this says a lot about the urban-rural divide in America."
What did the regulars make of it? Ms. Good’s death was tragic, they said. Horrific. But they also said that she had asked for trouble. “You obey the law officer,” a man in a veteran’s ball cap said, “and question it later.” This is the divide, in a single sentence. In Minneapolis, protesters saw an innocent woman killed by a federal agent and took to the streets. At “the Pickle,” the regulars saw a woman who should have complied. In bars, cafes and coffee shops across rural Minnesota, the same conversations were unfolding. Ms. Good’s death had become a mirror, reflecting back a fracture that had been deepening for years — not just in their state, but across the country, wherever rural areas chafe against the political power of big cities.
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM