Hands Up, Don’t Shoot Was a Lie—And Now There’s a New Martyr?

Today I revisit Ferguson and the decade-long fallout of a narrative the media sold you as gospel. The DOJ’s own investigation did not support “Hands up, don’t shoot,” yet that chant helped ignite a movement and reshape America’s streets. Now, with the death of Dorian Johnson—the friend who stood beside Michael Brown—legacy media is already polishing another martyr story. I’m not going to let them do it again.

In this episode, I walk through:
*How “Hands up, don’t shoot” spread—and what the DOJ actually found
*What local authorities say about Dorian Johnson’s shooting and why early rumors were wrong
*How media framing hardens division and excuses violence
*What we owe our communities: truth, order, and courage

Chapters
0:00 Cold open
0:46 Ferguson rewind: what really happened
3:30 How the lie spread
6:40 DOJ findings vs media spin
9:30 Dorian Johnson shooting: what police say now
12:45 Manufactured martyrs & consequences
15:30 What we must do next

Sources referenced

DOJ report on the Michael Brown shooting (concluded the evidence did not support federal charges and found key eyewitness claims inconsistent with forensics).
Department of Justice

Washington Post Fact Checker summarizing DOJ findings (“Hands up, don’t shoot” did not happen).
The Washington Post

St. Louis Public Radio on Dorian Johnson’s death (police say domestic incident; one person detained and released; self-defense claim; rumors of officer-involved shooting were false).
STLPR

For context on Floyd autopsies (official rulings listed homicide tied to police restraint; misinformation persists).
Axios
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