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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In the final analysis, they did, thank God.
So, Merriweather, one of the dirtiest players in the NFL, finds comfort in supporting the commie agitators in Ferguson.
Here’s this piece of left wing garbage, Merriweather, trying to injure rookie Green Bay running back Eddie Lacey by smashing him in the head.
Eddie Lacy suffers concussion on high hit by Brandon Meriweather
If the Redskins, as a team, support this leftwing creep Merriweather, I hope the Redskins end the season at 0-16.
Could be pushing 50. My girlfriend was hot for Shalimar in 1965.
The only video that will in the end clear the police officer is the MB robbery video.
“students at Howard University throwing up their hands,”
Im doing that fairly frequently these days......but for far different reasons.
Thank you.
you got it just about right here is piaget trying to walk back the hands up also watch her touch her nose as she talks about hands up around 2:12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FTSPGly6NM
The picture to the right is not Brown. I believe it’s the grandson of a white lady he murdered with his thug buddy.
Saw that story a while back.
“How about filing perjury charges against them for making false statements in their police report?”
‘Perjury’ applies only in a court-of-law. However, there is something about lying to the police or filing a false report.
As Christianity loses ground to Islam, “Thou shalt not bear false witness” becomes replaced by “Lying to a non-Moslem (or police or non-black) is perfectly OK”.
“Uncle Tom” will be guilty of apostasy, punishable by death.
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