In an effort to fact-check Twitter owner Elon Musk on Thursday, CNN's Don Lemon presented a dramatically watered-down version of the infamous "Hands up, don't shoot" myth that emanated from Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. CNN SHAKEUP: DON LEMON'S MOST LIBERAL MOMENTS, FROM LAUGHING AT CONSERVATIVES TO DEFENDING ANTIFA"So remember, ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ after Ferguson became a nationwide protest symbol for police mistreatment of minorities. Lemon did not tell viewers that it was under the Obama administration that the Justice Department cleared Wilson in the shooting and buried the "Hands up" narrative. CNN'S PENDING LAYOFFS, HOLES IN PRIMETIME CAUSING CONSTERNATION UNDER NEW CEO"Brown never surrendered with his hands up, and Wilson was justified in shooting Brown," Capehart wrote. 'Hands up, don’t shoot' did not happen in Brown’s killing."

Source: CNN November 26, 2022 01:26 UTC