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#FergusonTaughtMe the media loves a narrative; Protesters love blocking streets, looting [video]

There are literally thousands of tweets featuring the #FergusonTaughtMe hashtag, commemorating the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, which spread the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” rallying cry everywhere. And we do mean everywhere.

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Speaking of CNN and the mainstream media, they certainly don’t seem to be shy about pledging allegiance to the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” movement, even though an autopsy of Michael Brown showed that he did not have his hands up in surrender when he was shot, nor was he fleeing from Officer Darren Wilson.

https://twitter.com/Wojciehowicz/status/630501841558761472

https://twitter.com/Gavin_McInnes/status/630466231552884736

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https://twitter.com/AmpersandAlways/status/630438246577754112

https://twitter.com/Ace_PrinceAkeem/status/630425034843033600

https://twitter.com/BenJeezle/status/630575908940677120

Speaking of looting, two things we’ve learned from covering Ferguson is that history repeats, and the owners of Bowen’s Beauty Supply cannot catch a break.

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