fires really did they did real damage here, bret. real damage. well, look, this is the thing. the story here according to the world the story of ferguson is a racist police department what has maligned and abused its own community, its own citizens. in fact, when you read the report you see that the real story here is people terrified of neighborhood thugs and therefore afraid to have a better relationship not only with the local police but with all so it s more of a story being victimized, a story of a community being victimized internally than one being victimized by outside forces whether it s municipality or higher state official. and not only that you talk about the ferguson p.d., which obviously has some bad apples in it, you reject the narrative it s just a racist group that needs to be disbanded. this is a second justice department report and this is a real problematic report. basically what they say is the
madison. police say officer matt kenny shot 19-year-old tony robinson after responding to a 911 call. investigators say the teen assaulted the officer and he fired to defend himself. today hundreds of people, mostly teens, rallied at the state capitol in madison chanting no justice, no peace. and black lives matter. we are digging deeper into this case and have development tomorrow evening. there s also new fallout from the justice department report on ferguson. the doj concluding that the hands up don t shoot movement was not based in fact. and the report completely cleared officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. but the justice department does accuse the ferguson p.d. of treating african-americans unfairly and recommends more than 25 steps to reverse policies the doj calls discriminatory. but my next guest says the real story is about a community in which honest people are afraid to tell the truth.
from the justice department report on ferguson. the doj concluding that the hands up don t shoot movement was not based in fact. and the report completely cleared officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. but the justice department does accuse the ferguson p.d. of treating african-americans unfairly and recommends more than 25 steps to reverse policies the doj calls discriminatory. but my next guest says the real story is about a community in which honest people are afraid to tell the truth. bret stevens foreign affairs columnist for the wall street journal. what do you mean by that? well, there are two reports. but the report about darren wilson, the report that completely exonerates and acquits the former police officer has massive witness testimony from people who saw the shooting. and in a number of cases you have witnesses who refused to come forward and testify tooutfully to authorities because they were afraid of what might happen to them if they
the facts. you outline it in your column, witnesses stated it was justified but repeatedly refused to give formal statements to law enforcement for fear of reprisal. witness 113 feared offering an account contrary to the narrative reported by the media that brown held his hands up in surrender even though she knew that wasn t the case. this is a situation in which those media folks who stoked the fires really did they did real damage here, bret. real damage. well, look, this is the thing. the story here according to the world the story of ferguson is a racist police department what has maligned and abused its own community, its own citizens. in fact, when you read the report you see that the real story here is people terrified of neighborhood thugs and therefore afraid to have a better relationship not only with the local police but with all so it s more of a story
the facts. you outline it in your column, witnesses stated it was justified but repeatedly refused to give formal statements to law enforcement for fear of reprisal. witness 113 feared offering an account contrary to the narrative reported by the media that brown held his hands up in surrender even though she knew that wasn t the case. this is a situation in which those media folks who stoked the fires really did they did real damage here, bret. real damage. well, look, this is the thing. the story here according to the world the story of ferguson is a racist police department what has maligned and abused its own community, its own citizens. in fact, when you read the report you see that the real story here is people terrified of neighborhood thugs and therefore afraid to have a better relationship not only with the local police but with