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Most people think they know what happened in Ferguson, MO on August 9, 2014. Most people are wrong. Radio host and author Larry Elder presents a factual account of what actually took place on that fateful day.

**Correction: 1:06 Michael Brown was 18, not 19.

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Script:

One of the most significant events of this century happened in the early afternoon of August 9, 2014. It took place in Ferguson, Missouri, a city on the outskirts of St. Louis.

So embedded in the popular mind is this event that if you just say the name “Ferguson,” everyone knows what you’re talking about: police brutality and racial injustice.

President Barack Obama referred to it in a speech before the United Nations in September 2014: “I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri, where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So, yes—we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.”

The president understated the case. The shooting in Ferguson led to nights of riots and gave fuel to a new social movement, Black Lives Matter.

Given its historical importance, it would be useful, then, to make sure we have our facts straight. So here’s a quiz to test your knowledge.

First question: True or false?

A young, unarmed black man, Michael Brown, 19, was killed by a white police officer, Darren Wilson.

The answer is true.

True or false?

Wilson stopped Brown for no good reason.

False.

Wilson, driving a police SUV, had just received a call on his radio that a local convenience store had been robbed. He saw two men walking in the middle of a nearby street who met the description of the store thieves. Wilson drove up to them.

When he asked the two men to move to the sidewalk, one of the men, Michael Brown, refused. Officer Wilson then attempted to get out of his car. But Brown blocked the door, punching the officer through the open window. As Brown tried to grab Wilson’s gun, a struggle ensued. Wilson managed to fire his gun, wounding Brown in the hand.

True or false?

Michael Brown’s back was turned to Officer Wilson when he was shot and killed.

False.

After being shot in the hand, Brown ran away from the police car. Wilson got out of the vehicle and pursued him. Brown then suddenly turned and charged Officer Wilson.

Here’s how one witness, whose testimony closely fits the forensic evidence, described the scene: “[Brown] ran towards the officer, full charge. The officer fired several shots at him and… Mike Brown continuously came forward in the charging motion… And when he stopped, that’s when the officer ceased fire… When he charged once more, the officer returned fire with, I would say… three to four shots. And that’s when Mike Brown finally collapsed.”

The Brown family’s own medical expert, respected pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, also conceded this point. The wounds Brown suffered were consistent with Brown charging toward Wilson, not running away.

True or false?

Before Michael Brown was shot and killed, he raised his hands above his head and shouted, “Hands up. Don’t shoot.”

False.

Federal investigators from the Department of Justice found no credible evidence that Brown ever raised his hands in a “don’t shoot” gesture—or in any way heeded the officer’s commands for him to surrender.

The federal report concluded that “…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…”

Investigators also concluded Brown never uttered the now iconic phrase.

Again, from the report: “The media has widely reported that there is witness testimony that Brown said ‘don’t shoot’ as he held his hands above his head. In fact, our investigation did not reveal any eyewitness who stated that Brown said ‘don’t shoot.’”

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  5. Yes, Ferguson was a lie..im pissed at that. The OTHER stories however (travon martin for example) WERE TRUE. The tea party, Obama / muslim/ thing, "pizzagate", "election fraud" were TRUE LIES as well

  7. I wish the Left would get off the gun issue – it's like they are right about everything else: abortion, God, gay rights, etc.. but if they would just leave guns alone and BLM is a good cause, the Ferguson incident (if Prager U's video is true – I know most of them are agenda driven) well… I'd have to be on the jury and hear everything to make a proper determination instead of watching a KNOWN propagandist's video.

    Prager U is wrong about most everything – why should I believe this video?

  18. They were not RIOTS! …… They were "PEACEFUL PROTESTS"!
    Again: If you comply with LE & have nothing to hide, you will live to fight another day, you can also take it to court – HOWEVER! If you punch an LE in the face (several times) while wrestling through the SUVs door to grab his gun, fail taking it, run away & continually IGNORE the LEs commands (STOP! / GET DOWN!) & then turn & charge him/her, you get everything you deserve.

  25. While I believe in most everything prageru says. The one thing I can't stand behind is our justice system. It has nothing to do with racial disparity. But our justice system is broken deep within. When it is the right of the people to keep and bear arms, and that right shall not be infringed, and it's all stated within the same sentence. Then we have laws behind it trying to undermine its meaning, allowing the justice system or police to remove my weapon for their safety. I thought it was up to the police to keep me safe, not up to me to keep the police safe. That's just one example of them not only violating your Fourth Amendment right but your Second Amendment right as well. Also I have seen inJustice within police departments. But at the same time I don't believe it's always their fault. Has to do with the politicians and people who make the laws and passed these laws for reasons that have no moral backing. That in of itself is stripping us of our rights and obligating the cops to forcefully protect these new laws that are infringements on our rights.

  36. Pardon my language and bluntness, but just what the hell do you think the outcome was gonna be when you roll up to a cop, block their door, punch them in the face and then go for their gun? And then charge them afterward? Holy smokes you could’ve been shot for all of those things except maybe blocking the car door and your dumb ass did all of them like what did you think the outcome was gonna be?