Posted on 08/19/2014 11:41:19 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
On Monday night, the Washington Redskins ran onto the field of play in their exhibition game with their hands up. The goal, according to safety Brandon Meriweather, was to “show our supporters what’s going on in St. Louis.” More specifically, Meriweather was referencing the supposed circumstances surrounding the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson; early witness reports stated that Brown had raised his hands before beings hot by Wilson.
The Redskins were hardly the only people parroting the “hands up” meme – that meme has now gone national, with protesters and rioters in Ferguson utilizing it, hundreds of students at Howard University throwing up their hands, and Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree suggesting that Officer Darren Wilson be arrested based on the “hands up” story.
There is only one problem: the “hands up” story comes from witnesses with significant flaws in their stories.
There were three witnesses who said that Brown was fleeing with his “hands up”: Dorian Johnson, Tiffany Mitchell, and Piaget Crenshaw. All three also had another element of their story in common: they said that Brown was shot from behind.
According to Dorian Johnson, Wilson pulled Brown and him over to the side of the road, where he then attempted to pull the 6’4”, 300 lb. Brown through the window of his patrol vehicle. Johnson stated, “The second time he says, ‘I’ll shoot,’ a second later the gun went off and he let go. That’s how we were able to run at the same time.”
Johnson told USA Today that “the officer pursued Brown and fired another shot, which struck Brown in the back.” Similarly, Mitchell stated that Wilson “was trying to pull him in” to the car...
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One thing will remain and that is the narrative that Brown was a victim. Otherwise, those participating in the protesting process across the nation would look like fools. Can’t let a thing like the truth get in the way of social justice.
It’d be easier to get them to admit voting for Obama was a mistake. That isn’t going to happen, either.
We knew this was coming, didn’t we?
As Hillary would say, “What does it matter?”
Truth is not PC these days.
Facts will not matter, just as they didn’t matter in the Zimmerman case.
Has Dorian Johnson been arrested as an accomplice in the robbery?
Did Johnson get away with the cigar sleeves, or drop them at the scene?
Could one of the 40 FBI agents in town get the store owner his property back?
.....”There were three witnesses who said that Brown was fleeing with his “hands up”: (Dorian Johnson, Tiffany Mitchell, and Piaget Crenshaw.).... All three also had another element of their story in common:....they said that Brown was shot from behind.”......
Obvious none of three are credible....which were highly suspect in the first place. Interesting that all three also said Brown had been shot in the back.
This whole incident now is just a circus for the black community to use as their staging area for ALL their grievances.......as we said very earl...it stopped being about Brown the first night they rioted and looted etc.
The Redskins are dead to me. Let us all pray that the Cowboys beat the cr@p out of them this season. No matter who you root for.
Piaget is most likely named for the watch company, just as Tiffany Mitchell is named for the jewelry store.
Facts may not matter to those in the hood, but they got Zimmerman acquitted and hopefully will do the same for Officer Wilson.
Officer Wilson also flung his eye-socket at Brown’s fist so hard that he left bruising on Brown’s knuckles.
Forot about the watch company. We’ll know what happened if we ever run into a “bulova miller”.
CC
They were masterful in the Zimmerman case.
Football: a series of numerous stand-up meetings among heavily armored gorillas discussing complex & arbitrary legalisms, punctuated by the occasional movement of a defectively extruded spheroid involving crude shoving while avoiding all but minimal contact with feet.
Sports is something you _do_, not something you watch.
Geezy, caww—Couldn’t you find any baby pictures of them?
Since the “choir boy” story is crumbling, will they now be called the Washington Redfaces?
Uh... last I checked, it’s against the law to provide a false report to the police. Is this no longer the case? /sarc
These Redskins players proved beyond any doubt that they are moronic race baiters. Thank God we still live in a relatively free country (for now) and they are allowed to show their stupidity in public. Thank God we are also allowed our freedom to personally boycott all things related to their team. Which I plan to do.
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