The demonstrations and riots in Ferguson, Missouri, had burned themselves out, in part because it was hard to sustain the outrage against "racist cops" after the narrative about the shooting of Michael Brown fell apart. No, he wasn't an innocent kid; he was a brutish strong-arm robber. No, police officer Darren Wilson did not attack Brown; it looks like it was the other way around, just as the officer claimed. And no, Brown did not have his hands up and wasn't imploring the officer not to shoot; he had turned around and was charging toward him. So the whole "hands up, don't shoot" narrative—trumpeted in the media for months—was based on a lie.
The Trovato Report
The Trovato Report
The Trovato Report
The demonstrations and riots in Ferguson, Missouri, had burned themselves out, in part because it was hard to sustain the outrage against "racist cops" after the narrative about the shooting of Michael Brown fell apart. No, he wasn't an innocent kid; he was a brutish strong-arm robber. No, police officer Darren Wilson did not attack Brown; it looks like it was the other way around, just as the officer claimed. And no, Brown did not have his hands up and wasn't imploring the officer not to shoot; he had turned around and was charging toward him. So the whole "hands up, don't shoot" narrative—trumpeted in the media for months—was based on a lie.