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Fair enough.I don't think they knew exactly what they were doing, I think they honestly believe he was murdered. I guess if one of them is being dishonest I would bet on Harris. Most people form their opinions on an issue early on and stick to it and I think many people bought the "hands up, don't shoot" narrative despite it ultimately being disproved.
I think framing Brown as the victim is wrong both factually and tactically but like I said, he's part and parcel of the story of Ferguson which ended with a report detailing the systemic racism of that PD so its hard to separate Brown from the modern discourse around racial injustice in policing when his death is what sparked the modern protest movement around that issue.
As far as people focusing on the "lie", that's also on them. Anytime Ferguson is brought up the bootlickers pretend the only DOJ report was the one that vindicated Officer Wilson and avoid like the plague the second report that completely vindicated the concerns of the protestors about systemic racism in the police.
Now let me ask you - is incompetence or ignorance a valid defense? Seems crazy to me that us plebs in the WR are more informed than such high profile politicians. And yes, that includes Trump as well. Figured I'd throw that in there before the "but Trump" brigade gets pissy.