The Patriot Post® · WashPo Leftist: 'Uncomfortable Truths' About Ferguson


https://patriotpost.us/articles/33954-washpo-leftist-uncomfortable-truths-about-ferguson-2015-03-18

Liberal Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart stepped up and fessed up this week, setting the record straight on the Ferguson race-bait case – sort of. Capehart is now under attack by liberals nationwide, who also bought into the faux “hands up, don’t shoot” narrative of the shooting of street thug Michael Brown. According to Capehart, “In those early hours and early days, there was more unknown than known.” That was probably why genuine journalists should not have jumped to conclusions, as Capehart did. He continued, “But this month, the Justice Department released two must-read investigations connected to the killing of Brown that filled in blanks, corrected the record and brought sunlight to dark places by revealing ugly practices that institutionalized racism and hardship. They have also forced me to deal with two uncomfortable truths: Brown never surrendered with his hands up, and Wilson was justified in shooting Brown. … [W]e must never allow ourselves to march under the banner of a false narrative on behalf of someone who would otherwise offend our sense of right and wrong.” More…