Eight businesses were burned and a squad car was destroyed. Rioters in Milwaukee attacked police, even hitting one in the head with a brick. When called out, CNN later updated a video clip on their website, saying, “An earlier version of this story mischaracterized what the victim’s sister was trying to convey.” In the full video, Smith also says, “Stop burning down shit we need in our community. CNN deceptively edited the clip to make it sound like she was calling for peace in response to the shooting, when in fact she was encouraging violent behavior in the suburbs of the city.ĬNN correspondent Ana Cabrera said that Smith was “calling for peace,” and showed a clip of Smith saying, “Don’t bring the violence here and the ignorance here.” Sherelle Smith, the sister of Sylville Smith, a black male shot by a black police officer in August spoke to news reporters after his shooting. The Washington Post ran an article in early 2015 on its’ “Fact Checker” blog entitled, “ Hands up, don’t shoot’ did not happen in Ferguson.”įalse Story 2: CNN Falsely Claims Sherelle Smith Was ‘Calling For Peace’ Barack Obama’s Justice Department investigated the shooting and concluded that the use of force was not unreasonable and that Brown charged at Officer Darren Wilson before being shot. However, this claim has been proven to be untrue. Only sure facts, according to police, is Mike Brown was unarmed and fleeing with hands up. Many allegations swirling re #FergusonShooting. This isn’t the first time CNN’s Kohn has repeated the claim that Michael Brown had his hands up before being shot:
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