The Current for January 22, 2019

Today on The Current:

• An interaction between a Catholic schoolboy and an Indigenous protester in Washington D.C. enflamed passions online overthe weekend, with some saying the scenesummed up all that's wrong with America its racism, bullyingand hyper-partisan politics. But new footage paints a more complicated picture. We look at the rush to judgment online, and how we sometimes cling to damning conclusions, without all the facts.
• After One Bullet, The Current's series on gun violence last week,Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair discusses efforts to reduce gun violence in Canada.
• Hlne Rowley Hotte, 93, died of hypothermia Sunday after getting locked out oftheLux Gouverneur seniors' complex when an alarm went off. We talk to Globe and Mail health columnist Andr Picard about how tragedies like this can be avoided.
• Do you swear or lash out at Siri or Google when the AI assistant doesn't follow your commands? We talk to experts about what our interactions with the devices could say about human beings.

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