Posted on 12/01/2014 10:44:30 AM PST by jazusamo
Everyone seems to have an opinion about the tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri. But, as Daniel Patrick Moynihan used to say, "You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to your own facts."
Soon after the shooting death of Michael Brown, this 285-pound young man was depicted as a "gentle giant." But, after a video was leaked, showing him bullying the owner of a store from which he had stolen some merchandise, Attorney General Eric Holder expressed displeasure that the video was leaked. In other words, to Holder the truth was offensive, but the lie it exposed was not.
Many people who claimed to have been eyewitnesses to the fatal shooting gave opposite accounts of what happened. Some even gave accounts that contradicted what they themselves had said earlier.
Fortunately, the grand jury did not have to rely on such statements, though some in the media seemed to. What the grand jury had, that the rest of us did not have until the grand jury's decision was announced, was a set of physical facts that told a story that was independent of what anybody said.
Three different medical forensic experts — one representing Michael Brown's parents — examined the physical facts. These facts included the autopsy results, Michael Brown's DNA on the door of the police car and on the policeman's gun, photographs of the bruised and swollen face of policeman Darren Wilson and the pattern of blood stains on the street where Brown was shot.
This physical evidence was hard to square with the loudly proclaimed assertions that Brown was shot in the back, or was shot with his hands up, while trying to surrender. But it was consistent with the policeman's testimony.
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And the actions of 0bama, Holder, Jackson and Sharpton abetted that anarchy.
Thank you, Dr. Sowell.
Facts be damned if they don’t support your politics. Like Rush says, “Everything Democrats do is political”.
It must suck living that way. What would it take?
This place will never recover. They will suck it dry, just like Detroit.
In America a fact is whatever the Attorney General SAYS THEY ARE...
WHICH................ IS THE PROBLEM...
The rioters are really terrorists. King Obama and Holder support the lie that the terrorists use. King Obama and Holder both know the truth but are supporters of terror and both are keeping the riots alive. When will America wake up and impeach King Obama. He is a communists BLACK Muslim traitor and must be treated as such.
I love Sowell.
” Like Rush says, “Everything Democrats do is political”.”
Long before Rush it was a cliché “everything is political with Democrats”. No sleight to Rush intended. He’s a bearer of truths.
Exactly...We have an AG that ignores the rule of law, he’s supporting his boss.
” as Daniel Patrick Moynihan used to say, “You’re entitled to your own opinion but you’re not entitled to your own facts.”
Best thing Mo ever said : )
” And the actions of 0bama, Holder, Jackson and Sharpton abetted that anarchy. “
And the protector of all things leftist......the MSM. They lied and lied, ignoring any and all truth.
Old lawyer saying: "If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If the law is on your side, pound the law. If neither the facts nor the law are on your side, pound the table."
Lots of table-pounding by the usual suspects, IMO.
Absoultely right, the enemedia is complicit up to there eyebrows. Your right about Mo too. :)
“But, after a video was leaked, showing him bullying the owner of a store...”
I am starting to see this phrase more and more and it really burns me— “bullying”. What Brown was caught doing on tape is assaulting not bullying!
The left is used to controlling the media, and doesn’t like it when the media doesn’t follow orders.
Read "People of the Lie" by Dr. M. Scott Peck.
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