JumpinJack
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What about the press reporting Brown being shot with his hands in the air, not showing him at his current age, and all of that? Do you think it was irresponsible of them to incite a riot?
Funny how they were pissed about the no fly zone...and last night the ones on the ground were getting hit with bricks.
The press didn't report "facts." The press reported what witnesses were saying. Witnesses were saying a lot of different, contradictory things.
The press was doing its job. Which is to report what people were saying. If you interpreted that as being "facts," that is your problem, if you don't understand the difference between reporting a fact and reporting what a witness is saying.
That's why the GJ is so important. All the witnesses were presented in person, so they could be questioned, and their statements taken under oath. There were 60 witnesses. A lot of contradiction. Some witnesses, it turned out, didn't really see the incident, and some saw only part of it. The GJ waded through all the testimony, as well as the forensic evidence, and videotapes.
What the GJ heard and saw....that's evidence. What the press reports is what people SAY to them. Not evidence.