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Michael Brown Witness, Whose ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Lie Won’t Die, Fatally Shot

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on September 09, 2025 39 Comments

"'Hands up, don’t shoot' is a lie that won’t die because it’s a lie that has been the core Black Lives Matter narrative for a decade."

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Illinois Lt. Governor Tweets That Michael Brown Was “Murdered”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2025 62 Comments

In fact, Brown was shot when he sucker punched a cop and tried to grab his service weapon. Yet 11 years after Brown's shooting, the lie persists and is spread by politicians and activists.

Ten years ago Michael Brown died, and Black Lives Matter based on the “hands up, don’t shoot” lie was born

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2024 33 Comments

"Hands up, don't shoot" is a lie that won't die because it's a lie that has been the core Black Lives Matter narrative for a decade. Black Lives Matter was launched based on a fraud, and that fraud continues to be perpetrated by people who are wholly ignorant or wholly dishonest.

Reminder (Again): “Hands up, don’t shoot” is a fabricated narrative from the Michael Brown case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2024 65 Comments

My June 4, 2020, post turned out to be one of the most impactful posts I've written since I launched the Legal Insurrection Blog in 2008. Here it is again.

Nine Years Later, Race Hustlers are Still Lying About the Death of Michael Brown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2023 64 Comments

The "hands up, don't shoot" lie gave birth to the formal Black Lives Matter movement. Possibly the most significant social and political movement of the past decade, one that has re-shaped our country, was based on a lie that is repeated year after year after year. I'm never, ever, going to stop telling the truth about it.

St. Louis Prosecutor Re-opened Michael Brown Case, Will Not Bring Charges

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2020 134 Comments

The Michael Brown shooting launched Black Lives Matter to national prominence, based on the lie that Brown was shot with his hands up, while pleading 'don't shoot.' For the third time, Officer Darren Wilson will not be criminally charged.