'Hands Up, Don't Shoot': One of the Biggest Hoaxes of our Time
The incident that launched a thousand riots... never happened.
It’s been ten years since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, launched violent riots and a movement that is largely based on misinformation to this day.
Above: Surveillance video showing Michael Brown choking a shop owner shortly before he attacked police officer Darren Wilson, who shot Brown in legitmate self defense, according to the Obama Justice Dept.
Brown’s hands weren’t raised.
Brown did not say “don’t shoot.”
Brown was not shot in the back.
Brown was shot in the front.
Brown was attacking police officer Darren Wilson.
“Eyewitnesses” quoted uncritically in the media were lying since they couldn’t have seen the events.
We were played.
It’s incredible how many people still don’t know the whole “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” narrative was a hoax and never happened (even according to the Obama Justice Dept.). Officer Darren Wilson continues to be slandered a decade later as misinformation is still circulated, even by some members of Congress. This is largely the media’s fault.
Officer Wilson was cleared of all charges and violations. On March 4, 2015, the Obama Justice Dept. cleared Wilson of civil rights violations finding that numerous witnesses quoted uncritically in the media were not credible, they apparently lied in their accounts (Brown had his hands raised and was shot in the back) since it turns out they couldn’t have witnessed the events. (However, none of them were held accountable.) The DOJ also found that the credible witnesses supported Wilson’s account. Brown did not have his hands up in surrender. Forensic evidence shows Brown was moving toward Wilson, supporting Wilson’s account that Brown had attacked him and tried to choke him.
Read the DOJ findings for yourself at the link below.
When lies become accepted truths, the truth suffers. The Michael Brown hoax permitted the media to spawn numerous untruths that gained acceptance as fact. Explains today, doesn't it?