Sharyl Attkisson Fact-Checks 2020 Democrats Over The ‘Murder’ Of Michael Brown

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Sharyl Attkisson Fact-Checks 2020 Democrats Over The ‘Murder’ Of Michael Brown


Virginia Kruta
Associate Editor
August 11, 2019 12:38 PM ET

Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson fired back at Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren over a tweet memorializing the 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Brown’s death on August 9, 2014, at the hands of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, sparked nationwide protests as the public seized on later-debunked claims that Brown had thrown up his hands in surrender prior to Wilson shooting him. (RELATED: Holder Admits ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Claim Was Bogus)

https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/11/sharyl-attkisson-fact-check-2020-democrats-murder-michael-brown/

[PeteS in CA]

Warren tweeted on the fifth anniversary of the shooting, “5 years ago Michael Brown was murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael was unarmed yet he was shot 6 times. I stand with activists and organizers who continue the fight for justice for Michael. We must confront systemic racism and police violence head on.”

Warren's Tweet

Attkisson was quick to deliver a fact-check on Warren’s tweet, complete with excerpts from the report compiled by Obama’s DOJ. “With respect, this is false — and a persistent misconception. The Obama Justice Dept. ultimately determined Brown was *not* ‘murdered’ and ‘likely did not have his hands up’ when shot. The Obama Justice Dept. declined to charge the officer with anything,” she began.

Lying is more than stating false information. It also entails knowing the information is false. I cannot see how Warren could possibly be ignorant of Obama DOJ's very high profile "investigation" and conclusion (a very reluctant conclusion, I'm sure). I think Warren lied for political gain and to race-bait. It wouldn't be the first time Warren played the Race Card for personal gain.

One thing I wish Atkisson had gone into is that the DOJ conclusion that Brown"likely did not have his hands up" when shot was based on three autopsies, one or more of which concluded that the path of Wilson's bullets through Brown's muscles contradicted claims that Brown's hands were raised. But there was a lot of such information "out there".

[PeteS in CA]

In an ideal hypothetical world I would love for former? Officer Wilson to sue Warren for slander, forcing her to admit what she did or to resort to the weasel defense of claiming Wilson is a public figure and would have to meet a higher, nearly impossible, burden of proof. I suspect, though, that Wilson is trying to rebuild his life after his year of enduring public slander.