{"id":1599426,"date":"2022-08-10T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599426"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:17:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:17:32","slug":"sitting-members-of-congress-and-more-commemorate-ferguson-police-shooting-by-lying-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sitting-members-of-congress-and-more-commemorate-ferguson-police-shooting-by-lying-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitting Members Of Congress \u2014 And More \u2014 Commemorate Ferguson Police Shooting By Lying About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsitting-members-of-congress-and-more-commemorate-ferguson-police-shooting-by-lying-about-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sitting members of Congress \u2013 and several others \u2014 marked the 8th anniversary of 18-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/biden-seems-to-suggest-michael-brown-was-victim-on-anniversary-of-death-obama-biden-doj-said-officer-acted-in-self-defense\/\">Michael Brown\u2019s<\/a> death in Ferguson, Missouri, by promoting the long-debunked claim that he was \u201cmurdered\u201d and had been shot while holding his hands up in surrender.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/left-tries-rewrite-story-saint-michael-brown-ben-shapiro\/\">Brown<\/a> was fatally shot by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson \u2014 who initially attempted to detain Brown because he matched the description of a suspect in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/leftists-say-michael-brown-didnt-strong-arm-rob-frank-camp\/\">strong-arm robbery<\/a> at a local convenience store \u2014 and according to the police report, Brown attempted to pull Wilson out of his marked vehicle and grappled for his service weapon. He was reportedly running toward Wilson, who had by then exited the vehicle, when he was shot.<\/p>\n<p>One witness, who later admitted to fabricating the claim, alleged that Brown had been trying to get away from Wilson when he was killed \u2014 and claimed that he had his hands up in surrender at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple investigations, however \u2014 including one undertaken by then Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/black-lives-matter-a-movement-built-on-the-illusion-of-martyrdom\/\">Eric Holder<\/a> \u2014 the shooting was ultimately deemed justified and Wilson was not charged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, the Justice Department announced the conclusion of our investigation and released a comprehensive, 87-page report documenting our findings and conclusions that the facts do not support the filing of criminal charges against Officer Darren Wilson in this case,\u201d Holder said in a statement marking the close of the investigation. \u201cMichael Brown\u2019s death, though a tragedy, did not involve prosecutable conduct on the part of Officer Wilson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) went ahead on Tuesday with the assertion that Brown had been \u201cmurdered\u201d by police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks eight years since Michael Brown was murdered by police in Ferguson, MO,\u201d Jayapal tweeted. \u201cWe need to honor Michael\u2019s life with action. Let\u2019s keep fighting to dismantle white supremacy, so we can ensure racial justice for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today marks eight years since Michael Brown was murdered by police in Ferguson, MO.<\/p>\n<p>We need to honor Michael\u2019s life with action. Let\u2019s keep fighting to dismantle white supremacy, so we can ensure racial justice for all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PramilaJayapal\/status\/1557013334532276224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO), who was among the protesters on the ground in Ferguson in the days after the shooting, made the same claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c8 years ago today, Michael Brown Jr. was murdered, so we took to the streets for over 400 days. We were maced and tear-gassed, &#038; beaten by police \u2014 all for saying that Mike\u2019s life mattered,\u201d Bush tweeted, leaving out several key details such as the number of police officers who were attacked and the number of businesses that were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2014\/11\/25\/366452769\/ferguson-businesses-burn-crowds-confront-police-in-overnight-chaos\">looted and\/or burned<\/a> by the protesters she claimed were simply \u201csaying that Mike\u2019s life mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur fight for justice will not stop. We do this for Mike Brown,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">8 years ago today, Michael Brown Jr. was murdered, so we took to the streets for over 400 days.<\/p>\n<p>We were maced, tear-gassed, &#038; beaten by police\u2014all for saying that Mike\u2019s life mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Our fight for justice will not stop. We do this for Mike Brown. \u270a\ud83c\udffe<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush\/status\/1557214781756657666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump, who has made a name for himself through a series of high-profile cases involving police officers and minorities, took the claim a step further and repeated the debunked claim that Brown had his hands raised in surrender when he was killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c8 years ago, Michael Brown was killed, with his hands up in surrender, by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Michael\u2019s future was stolen from him mere DAYS after he attended his high school graduation ceremony. We\u2019ll ALWAYS remember him! Rest In Power, Mike,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">8 years ago, Michael Brown was killed, with his hands up in surrender, by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Michael&#8217;s future was stolen from him mere DAYS after he attended his high school graduation ceremony. We\u2019ll ALWAYS remember him! Rest In Power, Mike.\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8vhnGGgEe0\">pic.twitter.com\/8vhnGGgEe0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AttorneyCrump\/status\/1557038011556237313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several people pushed back on the claims, however, like St. Louis-based radio host Annie Frey. \u201cPeddling the Hands Up lie drains all credibility from your cause. I follow you because I value seeing your side of this issue. But this is a LIE and you\u2019re using it for your own personal benefit. It\u2019s disgusting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Peddling the Hands Up lie drains all credibility from your cause. I follow you because I value seeing your side of this issue. But this is a LIE and you&#8217;re using it for your own personal benefit. It&#8217;s disgusting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HaDIFaQh2Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/HaDIFaQh2Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Annie Frey (@anniefreyshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anniefreyshow\/status\/1557259786806231041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting members of Congress \u2013 and several others \u2014 marked the 8th anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown\u2019s death in Ferguson, Missouri, by promoting the long-debunked claim that he was \u201cmurdered\u201d and had been shot while holding his hands up in surrender. Brown was fatally shot by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson \u2014 who initially &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1599582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1599426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1599426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1599582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1599426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1599426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1599426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}