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2. The author of the story in The Root
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 04:42 PM
Mar 2017

explained in his update that his story (based on the reporting of the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery who uncovered the U.S. District Court document containing the testimony) is not about the facts in this case, but rather about the public's perception of the facts in this case.

"Here is the crux of Lowery’s point, and where we actually agree: Lowery’s argument is that Darren Wilson’s admissions do not contradict his grand jury testimony, and he is correct. Lowery is speaking to the facts of the case concerning Darren Wilson’s testimony.

This article wasn’t about that.

This addressed what everyone believed about the incident. It is clearly laid out in the first paragraph. This article was about the general public perception about the Michael Brown case, how the image of Brown had been twisted into making Brown into a police-attacking demon. How the general public believed that Wilson apprehended suspects on their way from a robbery and had to shoot the robber who reached for his gun."


http://www.theroot.com/everything-you-think-you-know-about-the-death-of-mike-b-1793261221

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