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The “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” narrative surrounding Michael Brown's death and its role in protests against police violence and racial injustice
Local investigations into the unrest that followed the police deaths of in and in did not conclude that during the street protests; the major confirmed police deaths were Brown (the initial shooting) ...
The question hinges on two linked claims: that executed , and that Brown had his hands up in surrender when shot. Federal and local investigations concluded that the physical and forensic evidence did...
From roughly 2009 through 2017, a wave of highly publicized produced both targeted federal probes and a patchwork of reforms: the used its civil‑rights “pattern or practice” authority to open investig...
The shorthand claim that Michael Brown raised his hands and said “don’t shoot” — the origin of the “Hands up, don’t shoot” slogan — was not corroborated by the federal investigation and was labeled a ...