CNN still describing Michael Brown shooting as if ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ might be true
posted at 6:01 pm on May 4, 2017 by John Sexton
CNN has an article up today titled “‘Black Lives Matter’ cases: When controversial killings lead to change” which looks at how individual shootings highlighted by BLM have resulted in some changes to the law. Let’s stipulate up front that there’s nothing wrong with the subject matter here. A roundup of legal changes that have resulted from these high profile cases seems worthwhile. What’s not worthwhile is the way CNN frames a couple of the best-known cases, even failing to note there is no evidence for the story behind “hands up, don’t shoot.” Here’s CNN’s description of the Michael Brown shooting:
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/05/04/cnn-still-describes-michael-brown-shooting-hands-dont-shoot-might-true/
