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August 18
—The St. Louis County medical examiner decided not to release its autopsy report on Brown to the public, but did choose to leak that traces of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, were found in his system. Not only can traces of THC remain in the body for over 40 days, but marijuana is usually recognized as a calming agent and not something that makes someone more aggressive. In spite of the reality that its presence in Brown's body could be completely irrelevant, this basic fact was released anyway.
- Christine Byers of the St. Louis Dispatch claims a police source told her that twelve eyewitnesses have backed up Darren Wilson's story of being attacked. It's her most shared tweet ever. Conservative media across the country, including Rush Limbaugh, take her tweet as the truth and run with it. Her tweet on this is still live today.
August 20
—At the height of unrest in Ferguson, Fox News released a grossly misleading story from an anonymous source, with the headline, "Missouri cop was badly beaten before shooting Michael Brown." Shared over 40,000 times on social media, the story became gospel for those who believed Brown deserved to die. Further misleading its audience, Fox News couched the outrageous headline with a video of Chief Jackson, as if he made the announcement. All photos and videos and eyewitnesses from the immediate aftermath of the shooting discredit this claim. Fox News, uncharacteristically, disabled all comments on the article.
—A family friend of Darren Wilson told the Washington Post that Wilson suffered an orbital eye fracture. Following this, Sean Hannity, of Fox News promoted the narrative that Brown "bum-rushed" Wilson twice and broke bones in Wilson's face. CNN publicly refuted this misinformation, but the Ferguson Police Department, which would know the truth, remained silent on the matter.
August 26
—Police were reported being seen taking down license plate numbers during a meeting of activists and concerned citizens at a local church.
September 26
—Shocking the protestors, Ferguson Chief Tom Jackson agreed to join a march for justice. Within seconds of the march beginning, police officers began violently shoving their way through the march, and a full-on melee ensued. Police and the local media began characterizing the chaos as "Chief Jackson gets assaulted during march," but the chief was never touched and the chaos was created by the officers. After publishing a report stating that people were arrested for "trying to fight the chief," local news station KMOV deleted the report. The entire incident was so peculiar that many protestors, irate over the characterization, believed it was all a staged setup.
September 28
—Police performed a mass arrest during a very tense night of protests. One protestor who was being arrested could be overheard by another protestor telling the police that they accidentally arrested the wrong man. The crowd of protestors erupted in frustration. Police escorted the man away. He had been seen by other protestors joining the crowd for days, and after the incident, no reports were made of seeing him again.
October 2-3
—Ferguson activist Alexis Templeton was erroneously charged with the more serious count of resisting arrest (instead of a noise violation) although she can be clearly seen in this video, at 0:50, in a black T-shirt, with her hands up.
—Jailed for a simple noise ordinance violation, 13 Ferguson protestors were forced to wear humiliating orange jumpsuits before they were released.
October 7
—Multiple unrelated activists reported receiving phone calls in which people hung up on the other end. Here's one example.
October 12
—St. Louis Chief of Police Sam Dotson tweeted that protestors were throwing rocks and were arrested for illegal activity. The Blaze then reported that 17 protestors were arrested for throwing rocks. After videos from six live-streamers showed no rocks being thrown, Dotson, the next day, admitted that police only found one rock that was thrown, and that one landed 15 feet away from police. By the time the new information came out, the damage was already done. Not one of the 17 protestors was charged for throwing rocks.
—Dotson tweeted that protestors "stormed" a QuickTrip gas station. Actually, it was a peaceful sit-in.
October 13-14
—Leaving a protest at the Hollywood Casino, protestors reported noticing police officers writing down license plate numbers.
—Ferguson activist and livestream videographer Bassem Masri was arrested during a peaceful protest at a St. Louis area Walmart. Held in jail longer than any other protestor, Masri, a Palestinian American, reported that he was threatened by detectives with exaggerated charges if he didn't identify and discuss inside information about fellow protestors.
—Peaceful members of the clergy, including Dr. Cornel West, were arrested during a protest. Dr. West wascharged with assault.
October 15
—St. Louis activist Leigh Maibes released a recordingof a telephone call confronting a police officer who admits he had called her employer to report her protesting activities.
—The St. Louis County medical examiner decided not to release its autopsy report on Brown to the public, but did choose to leak that traces of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, were found in his system. Not only can traces of THC remain in the body for over 40 days, but marijuana is usually recognized as a calming agent and not something that makes someone more aggressive. In spite of the reality that its presence in Brown's body could be completely irrelevant, this basic fact was released anyway.
- Christine Byers of the St. Louis Dispatch claims a police source told her that twelve eyewitnesses have backed up Darren Wilson's story of being attacked. It's her most shared tweet ever. Conservative media across the country, including Rush Limbaugh, take her tweet as the truth and run with it. Her tweet on this is still live today.
August 20
—At the height of unrest in Ferguson, Fox News released a grossly misleading story from an anonymous source, with the headline, "Missouri cop was badly beaten before shooting Michael Brown." Shared over 40,000 times on social media, the story became gospel for those who believed Brown deserved to die. Further misleading its audience, Fox News couched the outrageous headline with a video of Chief Jackson, as if he made the announcement. All photos and videos and eyewitnesses from the immediate aftermath of the shooting discredit this claim. Fox News, uncharacteristically, disabled all comments on the article.
—A family friend of Darren Wilson told the Washington Post that Wilson suffered an orbital eye fracture. Following this, Sean Hannity, of Fox News promoted the narrative that Brown "bum-rushed" Wilson twice and broke bones in Wilson's face. CNN publicly refuted this misinformation, but the Ferguson Police Department, which would know the truth, remained silent on the matter.
August 26
—Police were reported being seen taking down license plate numbers during a meeting of activists and concerned citizens at a local church.
September 26
—Shocking the protestors, Ferguson Chief Tom Jackson agreed to join a march for justice. Within seconds of the march beginning, police officers began violently shoving their way through the march, and a full-on melee ensued. Police and the local media began characterizing the chaos as "Chief Jackson gets assaulted during march," but the chief was never touched and the chaos was created by the officers. After publishing a report stating that people were arrested for "trying to fight the chief," local news station KMOV deleted the report. The entire incident was so peculiar that many protestors, irate over the characterization, believed it was all a staged setup.
September 28
—Police performed a mass arrest during a very tense night of protests. One protestor who was being arrested could be overheard by another protestor telling the police that they accidentally arrested the wrong man. The crowd of protestors erupted in frustration. Police escorted the man away. He had been seen by other protestors joining the crowd for days, and after the incident, no reports were made of seeing him again.
October 2-3
—Ferguson activist Alexis Templeton was erroneously charged with the more serious count of resisting arrest (instead of a noise violation) although she can be clearly seen in this video, at 0:50, in a black T-shirt, with her hands up.
—Jailed for a simple noise ordinance violation, 13 Ferguson protestors were forced to wear humiliating orange jumpsuits before they were released.
October 7
—Multiple unrelated activists reported receiving phone calls in which people hung up on the other end. Here's one example.
October 12
—St. Louis Chief of Police Sam Dotson tweeted that protestors were throwing rocks and were arrested for illegal activity. The Blaze then reported that 17 protestors were arrested for throwing rocks. After videos from six live-streamers showed no rocks being thrown, Dotson, the next day, admitted that police only found one rock that was thrown, and that one landed 15 feet away from police. By the time the new information came out, the damage was already done. Not one of the 17 protestors was charged for throwing rocks.
—Dotson tweeted that protestors "stormed" a QuickTrip gas station. Actually, it was a peaceful sit-in.
October 13-14
—Leaving a protest at the Hollywood Casino, protestors reported noticing police officers writing down license plate numbers.
—Ferguson activist and livestream videographer Bassem Masri was arrested during a peaceful protest at a St. Louis area Walmart. Held in jail longer than any other protestor, Masri, a Palestinian American, reported that he was threatened by detectives with exaggerated charges if he didn't identify and discuss inside information about fellow protestors.
—Peaceful members of the clergy, including Dr. Cornel West, were arrested during a protest. Dr. West wascharged with assault.
October 15
—St. Louis activist Leigh Maibes released a recordingof a telephone call confronting a police officer who admits he had called her employer to report her protesting activities.
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