Birthday memories of deceased thug Michael Brown trended on X today.
He would have been 28 years old, leftist users said, if only the cop hadn’t killed him, a crime for which Darren Wilson was never prosecuted.
What the Brown mourners conveniently forgot: After he was caught stealing from a convenience store, Brown attacked the cop who defended himself.
Also omitted from the lamentations: The Obama Justice Department cleared Wilson of wrongdoing.
“Rest in Power”
Brown’s death famously originated the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” narrative that gripped a credulous nation, not least racial activists who never met a thug they didn’t like.
But that narrative was a lie, as is the narrative — complete with the requisite graduation photo — trending on X.
“Happy birthday, Michael Brown,” Color of Change wrote:
He would have turned 28 today.
He had graduated from Normandy High School in St. Louis County just eight days before he was killed by the police.
Rest in power, Michael Brown.
Observing that Brown’s death started the Black Lives Matter scam, When We All Vote claimed that “Michael should still be here. Happy heavenly birthday, king.”
“King” of what, the post didn’t say.
Black Entertainment Television offered this:
Today, we’re honoring the life of Michael Brown, Jr. on his 28th birthday. His mother reflected on him as being courageous, outgoing, loved people, animals, and being soft spoken. In his honor, we’re still fighting for justice. Black boys should be able to grow into Black men in peace. Let us take a moment to reflect as we send his family love and support. He may be gone, but he will never be forgotten. Happy Birthday and Rest in Power, King.
“Today, Michael Brown would’ve turned 28 years old,” wrote lawyer Ben Crump, who somehow shows up at the scene of every such case. “Instead, Michael was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson (MO) when he was just 18-yo. This young Black man never got a chance at life. Today, we remember his story and send love to his family. Rest In Power”
The NAACP offered similar sentiments, while U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo.) observed that she is reintroducing the Michael Brown Bill, which would fleece the taxpayers of $100 million “to help survivors of police violence.”
The disgraced and discredited Southern Poverty Law Center recalled that “his life ended during an altercation with a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The unarmed Black teen was fatally shot 12 times. The officer who killed Brown was never prosecuted.”
To their credit, those users didn’t claim Wilson murdered Brown, as so many have before, including lawyers who know better.
“Michael Brown’s murder forever changed Ferguson and America,” wrote then-presidential candidate and former prosecutor Kamala Harris. “His tragic death sparked a desperately needed conversation and a nationwide movement. We must fight for stronger accountability and racial equity in our justice system.”
U.S. Senator and Pretendian Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) — also a lawyer — claimed the same thing:
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.
And Democratic U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan claimed Brown’s death was “state-sponsored murder.”
Brown Was a Thug and a Thief Who Attacked a Cop
But Brown’s death wasn’t “state-sponsored” or any other kind of murder.
A grand jury refused to indict Wilson in 2015. The federal Justice Department also looked at the case; they not only exonerated Wilson of “murder,” but also convicted Brown of assaulting the cop.
After he robbed the convenience store — surveillance video shows the “gentle giant” assaulting the clerk — Brown was walking in the middle of the street when Wilson showed up and ordered him off the street.
Instead, Brown attacked Wilson in his SUV. As Wilson defended himself, he drew his gun because he could not reach a “less lethal” weapon, the DOJ report concluded. He shot Brown in the hand.
Brown fled, and Wilson chased him, the report continued, after which Brown — 6 feet, 4 inches tall and 292 pounds — turned and charged Wilson to attack him.
Witness reports conflicted with the evidence at the scene, the report concluded, not least the phony “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” lie:
Brown ran at least 180 feet away from the SUV … then turned around and came back toward Wilson, falling to his death approximately 21.6 feet west of the blood in the roadway. Those witness accounts stating that Brown never moved back toward Wilson could not be relied upon in a prosecution because their accounts cannot be reconciled with the DNA bloodstain evidence and other credible witness accounts.
Several witnesses stated that Brown appeared to pose a physical threat to Wilson as he moved toward Wilson. According to these witnesses, who are corroborated by blood evidence in the roadway, as Brown continued to move toward Wilson, Wilson fired at Brown in what appeared to be self-defense and stopped firing once Brown fell to the ground. Wilson stated that he feared Brown would again assault him because of Brown’s conduct at the SUV and because as Brown moved toward him, Wilson saw Brown reach his right hand under his t-shirt into what appeared to be his waistband. There is no evidence upon which prosecutors can rely to disprove Wilson’s stated subjective belief that he feared for his safety. …
Although there are several individuals who have stated that Brown held his hands up in an unambiguous sign of surrender prior to Wilson shooting him dead, their accounts do not support a prosecution. … Some of those accounts are inaccurate because they are inconsistent with the physical and forensic evidence; some of those accounts are materially inconsistent with that witness’s own prior statements…. Certain other witnesses who originally stated Brown had his hands up in surrender recanted their original accounts, admitting that they did not witness the shooting or parts of it, despite what they initially reported either to federal or local law enforcement or to the media. Prosecutors did not rely on those accounts when making a prosecutive decision.
While credible witnesses gave varying accounts of exactly what Brown was doing with his hands as he moved toward Wilson … they all establish that Brown was moving toward Wilson when Wilson shot him.
Wilson was innocent, which is why he was “never prosecuted.” Brown was guilty, and he wasn’t just “killed” — he was killed while attacking a cop.
Yet the lie continues.
