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rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 12:43 PM Mar 2017

Article: Everything You Think You Know About the Death of Mike Brown Is Wrong,

and the Man Who Killed Him Admits It

Here is the story of Michael Brown’s murder that we all believed: One sunny day in Ferguson, Mo., a huge behemoth of a man named Michael Brown walked into a convenience store; committed a strong-arm robbery, escaping with the invaluable loot of a pack of cigarillos; and while he was walking home, Darren Wilson, a brave cop responding to the robbery, stopped him.

When Wilson tried to detain Brown, Brown reached for the cop’s gun and the policeman shot him. But Brown wouldn’t quit, and the officer thought that Brown might have a weapon, so Wilson shot a few more times to stop Brown from harming him.

“What happened in Ferguson is that a man committed a robbery, attempted to assault a police officer, and the police officer—to save his life—shot him. The police officer did his duty. The officer should be commended for what he did.” —Rudy Giuliani on Fox News, March 12, 2015

Except none of that happened.

After a documentarian released video this past weekend that dispels the myth of the Mike Brown corner-store robbery, more information is emerging about the n-word-using patrolman who was accused of racial discrimination and excessive force even before he pumped at least six bullets into Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, killing him. New court papers reveal that Brown never tried to take the officer’s gun, never struck the officer and did not initiate any contact with Wilson, who was cleared of wrongdoing by a secret grand jury in November 2014. . . .


http://www.theroot.com/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-death-of-mike-b-1793261221

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Most of the info in this article is known or has been assumed for years. With the forthcoming documentary to expose the truth of Brown's murder. This article is a succinct and clear read of those events.
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Article: Everything You Think You Know About the Death of Mike Brown Is Wrong, (Original Post) rogue emissary Mar 2017 OP
Thanks. K&R JHan Mar 2017 #1
Everyone should read this. wcast Mar 2017 #2
Well put, wcast. brer cat Mar 2017 #3

wcast

(595 posts)
2. Everyone should read this.
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 02:50 PM
Mar 2017

This type of incident continues unabated because the White majority cannot fathom that it might be true. As long as the official story says it didn't happen, then all they care about is blue lives matter. To this cop, and many others I would surmise, the young man was weaponized by the sheer fact of being a black male. By being alive, this cop felt Brown was dangerous and deserved the treatment he got.

brer cat

(24,634 posts)
3. Well put, wcast.
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 04:04 PM
Mar 2017

"...the young man was weaponized by the sheer fact of being a black male." Truth.

I am glad the true story of Michael Brown's murder is coming out. I doubt that it will gain widespread acceptance in the white or blue communites, but if even a few people reconsider the circumstance, maybe it will help them stay woke. Buying into the "scary Black male" in even a few cases makes it easier for the murders of Black men to be normalized.

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