In a related story Cambridge, MA students received an award from the Flat Earth Society for protesting the round earth theory. Three autopsies one ordered by Al Sharpton, one by the Justice Department led by Eric "White people are cowards" Holder, all found forensic evidence that the suspect did not have his hands up; that he was attacking the officer; and he tried to get the officer's service weapon. In addition the Grand Jury testimony revealed the same evidence. The Justice Department report by the misguided Attorney General found no evidence of wrongdoing by the officer. Yet a church in Harvard Square gives students an award for promoting lies? What lesson does this teach?
[From article]
Gashaw, in her comments, spoke of being inspired by the Good Samaritan parable, saying, “I feel it is my duty to do or say something when I see that something is wrong.”
http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150320/NEWS/150329614
Cambridge students honored for organizing Hands Up Walk Out protest
Posted Mar. 20, 2015 at 8:06 AM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle
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[From article]
On Dec. 1, 2014, four members of the Congressional Black Caucus repeated the gesture while delivering speeches on the House Floor titled, “Black in America: What Ferguson Says About Where We Are and Where We Need to Go.” Each of the members held up their hands, and the image spread widely online.
Yet the Department of Justice’s March 4, 2015, investigative report on the shooting of Michael Brown found federal investigators could not confirm witness accounts that Brown signaled surrender before being killed execution-style. The department’s descriptions of about 40 witness testimonies show the original claims that Brown had his hands up were not accurate.
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Investigators have overwhelmingly rejected witness accounts that Brown had his hands up in a surrender before being shot execution-style. The DOJ has concluded Wilson did not know whether Brown was armed, acted out of self-defense and was justified in killing Brown. The majority of witnesses told federal investigators that the initial claims that Brown’s hands were up were not accurate. “Hands up, don’t shoot” did not happen in Brown’s killing, and it is a characterization that deserves Four Pinocchios. Politicians should step carefully if they try to highlight this expression in the future.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/03/19/hands-up-dont-shoot-did-not-happen-in-ferguson/
‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ did not happen in Ferguson
By Michelle Ye Hee Lee
March 19, 2015
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