Media Deception – Michael Brown and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot”

In the summer of 2014, a single police encounter in Ferguson, Missouri, ignited a cultural firestorm that continues to burn today. The death of 18-year-old Michael Brown was tragic. But what followed—media distortion, political exploitation, and activist incitement—was worse. The phrase “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” became a nationwide rallying cry, plastered across headlines, protest signs,…