A year later, Obama used his bully pulpit to fan the flames of the civil unrest in Ferguson, Mo., where Michael Brown had been shot by Officer Darren Wilson in August.
The race riots that broke out in the immediate aftermath of the incident inflicted tremendous damage on the city, with many local businesses never recovering.
After a grand jury declined to indict Wilson that November, however, Obama insisted it was “understandable” that Americans were “deeply disappointed” or “even angry” with the decision before lecturing local authorities “to show care and restraint in managing peaceful protests that may occur” — as if they hadn’t already.
A dozen buildings were burned to the ground that evening, and 20-year-old DeAndre Joshua was found dead in his car the next day; no one remembers his name.
Just a few short months later, Obama’s own Department of Justice cleared Wilson and debunked the oft-repeated lie that Brown had already surrendered, hands raised above his head, when Wilson shot him.
Oops.
Obama’s commitment to advancing his own narrative at any cost was on display yet again after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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