Ferguson, MO—Michael Brown
lived and died as a bully and thug. However even
bully’s and thugs deserve due process and a measured response to their
unacceptable conduct.
Many cops have criticized me
for my intolerance for police misconduct in various cases. Generally I vigorously support police but, they are human and fail miserably sometimes.
As always cover-ups are more troubling then the conduct.
When Brown was shot dead by
Officer Darren Wilson, local troublemakers, all African-American offered up phony
stories claiming Brown had his hands raised and was shot in the back. Others claimed that Wilson stood over a prone
Michael Brown firing shots into his lifeless body.
The physical evidence quickly
exposed the false versions of these so-called eyewitnesses.
Police and prosecutors went
out of their way to hide the evidence and Officer Wilson’s version of
events. This was both necessary and
wise. That allowed the phony eyewitnesses to spread their lies far and wide.
That insured that their deceptive stories were locked in tightly.
The irrefutable forensic
evidence horribly impeached the fake eyewitnesses.
Wilson’s version matched the evidence.
With only the fabricated side
of this story being widely told, broadcast and published and as always it quickly became the "truth".
That brought on massive nationwide handwringing, hate and race baiting. Al
Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and former Trayvon Martin family lawyer Benjamin Crump
came into town spreading their unsubstantiated lies and hate. They wasted no time exploiting the media for
their moneymaking opportunity.
The media, as always reported
the sensational but invented truth to the masses. Everyone formed an opinion established by the
extraordinary claims of cold-blooded and race based murder by a cop.
In an unprecedented move
following the secret Grand Jury presentation prosecutors quickly released photos,
reports and the actual testimony by Officer Wilson. This amazing transparency shows that the case
was presented in an impartial way.
The killing of Michael Brown
was clearly a justifiable homicide and not a crime.
The chain of events following
this tragic story showcases a much larger problem. The hate and distrust between
African-Americans and the rest of America’s population. That along with the larger problem of massive media and political exploitation.
I asked all of my liberal
friends to wait for the real evidence to surface rather than believe the hate fueled
gossip. That was an impossible
mission. Minds were already made up and
set in concrete. Of course they quickly
labeled me as a racist.
The media along with the
political and professional race baiters should be ashamed of themselves. They are the ones that exploited this event
falsely turning the fatal error in judgment and death of Michael Brown into a
hate crime.
