"Capehart calls the two recently released reports of the Justice Department’s investigations into the killing of Brown and the underlying problems in Ferguson “must-read,” and he admits they, in his words, “forced me to deal with two uncomfortable truths: Brown never surrendered with his hands up, and Wilson was justified in shooting Brown.”
The report on Ferguson’s law enforcement officers confirmed suspicions that police trampled on the constitutional rights of the people, mostly African-Americans, and “put an exclamation point on demonstrators’ concerns,” he writes. But the DOJ investigation into the shooting of Brown “shows him to be an inappropriate symbol,” according to Capehart.
“What DOJ found made me ill,” he writes. “Brown fought with the officer and tried to take his gun. And the popular hands-up storyline, which isn’t corroborated by ballistic and DNA evidence and multiple witness statements, was perpetuated by Witness 101,” whom Capehart identifies as Brown’s friend Dorian Johnson.
Capehart summarizes the struggle between the two men over Wilson’s gun in painstaking detail, relying on the evidence collected and presented by the DOJ. The report, he says, leaves no doubt that witnesses either lied or didn’t see what they originally claimed they did, and those who were considered credible all agreed Brown charged at Wilson. " The Advocate
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I have not been a great admirer of Capehart as a journalist but after this I will have to re-think my position as Capehart re-thought his. pl
http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2015/03/17/jonathan-capehart-hands-don-t-shoot-was-lie
Dorian Johnson, so much the stereotype.
Posted by: no one | 22 March 2015 at 11:52 AM
What's interesting to me is the trust Capehart has in the DOJ's investigation. I'm sure many questioned Holder's interference in the case but, ultimately, it seems to have restored a sense that the system worked.
I think the prosecutor in Ferguson should file charges, if possible, against the likes of Dorian Johnson.
Posted by: Will Reks | 22 March 2015 at 01:48 PM
And I'm sure they'll be brought up on perjury charges.
Oh wait no.
Much like how the UVa rape was a hoax, the Left controlled MSM doesn't really care about the resonance and honesty of these stories as long as it advances the Narrative.
Posted by: Tyler | 22 March 2015 at 02:12 PM
Tyler
That was apparent in the MSM treatment of the two DoJ reports on Ferguson.. Holder's statement that there was no basis for charging Wilson was largely ignored. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 22 March 2015 at 02:27 PM
Give credit to Capehart for admitting his initial impression was wrong and eating crow. How any other mainstream media types could or would do that?
Posted by: oofda | 22 March 2015 at 03:06 PM
All,
My issue was always with the militarization and overseas training of the US police.
Here is an interesting video on how money is made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0dyHMVMh0s
Posted by: Cee | 22 March 2015 at 07:58 PM
Where's the local Fifth Column of cultural marxists we have around here? Where is their mea culpa?
I notice they always get realllll quiet after the facts roll out.
Posted by: Tyler | 22 March 2015 at 08:42 PM
Cee,
Yeah cause Wilson asking gentle giant Brown to move out of the street is endemic of militarization of the police.
The troop carriers were deployed after the Hands Up Don't Shoot narrative went full retard. In the words of Private Hudson, what do you expect the police to use in the face of a riot? Harsh language?
Posted by: Tyler | 22 March 2015 at 11:37 PM
Cee
Any mention of these two things in the DoJ report on the Ferguson government? pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 22 March 2015 at 11:59 PM
Tyler
"Private Hudson." Great "Aliens" reference. Every time i bring myself to watch it I marvel over the green Lt. rooted like a plant in his APC while he orders the squaddies to unload their weapons. Reminds me of Garrison in BHD sitting on the airfield at Mogadishu while the Somalis ate his men's lunch. Ah! Someone will write to tell me what a great guy he is. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 23 March 2015 at 12:03 AM
Sir,
Glad it hit the spot. My wife says Aliens is the most American movie she has ever seen.
Personally I think Steele was the bigger asshole of the two men in the end. Sent his men on a raid in Iraq with the orders that "there were no noncombatants" and when he got called to the carpet for it lawyered up and claimed he never said that.
I heard he was really fond of literly playing "you and him fight' when he was a colonel in the 101st. Would call out two platoons and tell them to go at it at the end of a brigade run.
Posted by: Tyler | 23 March 2015 at 01:49 AM
Tyler,
The harassment is unnecessary!
Posted by: Cee | 23 March 2015 at 07:25 AM
Col. Lang,
Michael Brown should have obeyed the ridiculous orders of the officer in the first place. You never win if you are beaten or shot.
Don't resist and you live to hire a lawyer later.
Posted by: Cee | 23 March 2015 at 07:30 AM
Tyler,
I have nothing to apologize for. And for your information, military equipment has been used on US citizens before Ferguson. I was in the line of a tank years ago on US street and was tear gased. This is unacceptable!
Posted by: Cee | 23 March 2015 at 07:45 AM
Cee
"a tank?" really? I don't think the US government ever gave any tanks to police departments. Some other kind of armored vehicle perhaps? pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 23 March 2015 at 08:05 AM
Cee
Perhaps Brown should not have walked down the middle of the street with his pal? pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 23 March 2015 at 08:07 AM
Not to be a spoiler, but it was Frost, not Hudson, who uttered the harsh language line. Just watched it yesterday to confirm. The SE edition has just enough extra footage to make a lot more sense.
Posted by: BabelFish | 23 March 2015 at 08:08 AM
Babelfish
Congratulations. Just testing, sort of. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 23 March 2015 at 08:14 AM
Pat, love the movie ,even though it has enough 'stupid behavior' to make me wince. They are going to reboot the series, taking it up from movie 2, and erasing the nihilistic 3rd movie.
Posted by: BabelFish | 23 March 2015 at 08:45 AM
Cee
Holder's report said that there was no basis proceeding against Wilson. Why did DoJ conclude that? Is Holder covering up for white cops? pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 23 March 2015 at 08:48 AM
Col. Lang,
Perhaps. It was an armored police vehicle aka tank to me. I had never seen one before and was shocked to see it coming.
Posted by: Cee | 23 March 2015 at 08:49 AM
Cee
Words matter. A tank is something very different from an "armored police vehicle." pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 23 March 2015 at 08:53 AM
Col. Lang
I said that on SST when it happened. That makes no sense to me, however, it shouldn't have escalated. I live in a very nice community with prefectly paved sidewalks and every now and then I see white folks walking down the middle of the street. You can bet that these people wouldn't be warned/ harassed for doing it if the police rolled though here....which they never do.
It has been proven that these kind of offenses were a means to generate revenue in Ferguson. Sadly, that boy wasn't mature enough to handle this differently or he was simply tired of the way black people have been targets and snapped.
Posted by: Cee | 23 March 2015 at 08:58 AM
Cee
That "boy?" He was not a "boy." A lot of men have died in combat for their country who were no older. "You can bet that these people wouldn't be warned harassed for doing it if the police rolled though here..." I really doubt that. "harassed?" I live in a very nice neighborhood as well and two eighteen year old men who insisted on walking down the middle of a street and who were told by police to get out of the street would certainly by "harassed." pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 23 March 2015 at 09:05 AM
Cee,
Its not harassment, its asking someone to follow the common codes of behavior in civil society. A task blacks seem unable to do as a whole.
Posted by: Tyler | 23 March 2015 at 10:31 AM