{"id":8594,"date":"2014-08-18T16:52:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:52:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-08-18T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T16:52:57","slug":"video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Blamed for Violence in Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Listen<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: So after all of this talk about the police being too militarized, what does the governor do? He calls out the National Guard. It\u2019s the military. And you know what else? He didn\u2019t tell Obama. Nixon didn\u2019t tell Obama. Somehow that\u2019s big news. Obama didn\u2019t know they were gonna call out the Guard. Apparently Obama didn\u2019t want the Guard out. Once again a video is being blamed for all the problems. First the video in Benghazi<\/a>, now a video in St. Louis. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites because this video, a report\u2019s out today that the videotape of the gentle giant robbing the convenience store was withheld at the request of the DOJ, which is Eric Holder, which is Barack Obama. Are you surprised to hear that? <\/p>\n

Washington didn\u2019t know that Nixon had called out the Guard. What do you mean, they\u2019re suppressing the video? DOJ is claiming they had the video suppressed because they were afraid it would inflame the situation and turn Ferguson into another Benghazi. They didn\u2019t say that, I added that, because Benghazi is nothing but a cheap Republican scandal, don\u2019t forget. Nothing really happened there. Nothing to see there. <\/p>\n

Did you hear meathead, Rob Reiner, the stupid idiot that is considered to be Hollywood brilliance, came out and said, “You know what?” He was being interviewed by Larry King on Larry King\u2019s Internet show, which means nobody saw it. Rob Reiner said (paraphrasing), “Yeah, yeah, yeah, Tea Party, Hamas, same thing. You need to deal with \u2019em the same way. You need to eliminate \u2019em, wipe \u2019em both out, Tea Party, Hamas, same thing.” There you go. Larry King there nodding (imitating King), “Oh, very interesting point of view. It\u2019s like Ken Starr, alien, kids smoking cigarettes, the bedroom, right.” <\/line><\/p>\n

So Holder and Obama suppressed the video because they were afraid the facts of the case might damage, or dampen the rage against the cops. Remember, now, the original report, Michael Brown, gentle giant, walking down the street, so excited, just left his grandmother\u2019s house or whatever, so excited, he\u2019s just days away from college classes. And now, well, all of a sudden there\u2019s a video released. Uh-oh, not so much walking down the street a few short minutes from the grandmother\u2019s house eagerly anticipating history 101. No. He was robbing a convenience store.<\/p>\n

Speaking of information that\u2019s been suppressed. We have learned also today that the results of the autopsy commissioned by the Brown family show that all the shots were fired from the front of Mr. Brown. That\u2019s three autopsies now. Three. St. Louis authorities did one, the feds did one, and the family did one. And the family hired Michael Baden, and Baden went out there, there was a press conference today, you know what? Even the public is getting into the press conference. The public is getting in there pretending to be journalists. They probably all tweet. The public was asking better questions than some of the media. <\/line><\/p>\n

The question from the member of the public to Michael Baden was — they\u2019re doing a clinical explanation of the shots, six of \u2019em, arms and head, top of the head — and a member of the public disguised as a journalist said, “Well, were any of these fatal? Which ones could have been survived?” And you know what, hey, that\u2019s a fascinating question. You know what? I am glad you asked that. It took a member of the public to ask a question that everybody would like to know. And he said four of them were survivable, four shots, two of them to the head likely not. And everybody\u2019s making a big deal out of the shot to the top of the head. The gentle giant, six four, bending over, what the hell\u2019s that? How does he end up being shot on the top of the head, six four, gentle giant, short cop, how does it work? Must have been murder. That\u2019s how it works. <\/p>\n

So the bottom line is, though, that all these autopsies contradict one of the first things we heard, that the gentle giant had surrendered and was running away. Shot in the back. How many of you remember hearing that? Do you remember hearing that, Mr. Snerdley, the gentle giant was shot in the back? I mean last week, do you remember hearing that? (interruption) I do, too. I said, “Oh, that doesn\u2019t look good. That\u2019s not cool.” <\/p>\n

Well, today we learned he was not shot in the back. Hmm. Three different autopsies. Holder said, “Yeah, we gotta do our own \u2019cause, you know, you can\u2019t trust these local yokels.” He didn\u2019t say that, but what else does he mean? What happens if they do another autopsy and they say, “Ah, ah, ah, ah! We\u2019ve got an autopsy here and we found a bullet wound looks like it actually came from the rear”? What happens then? <\/p>\n

Well, this news that all of the shots were fired in front of the gentle giant did not sit well with the New York Times who first reported it. I have it right here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers. They buried their own scoop, \u2019cause this was such a blow. This was such a blow to the narrative that Dr. Baden and the family\u2019s lawyers had to hold in press conference today to try to explain away this.<\/p>\n

Because being shot in the back was such a fundamental aspect of the case, and now the autopsy said, “No, no, no, no. There were no shots fired from the back.” That\u2019s why they called the emergency press conference today and explained about other things. But don\u2019t worry because Holder has ordered — actually it\u2019s two autopsies. He\u2019s ordered third, which I guess they\u2019re gonna keep looking. I that audio sound bites to support all this, and you gotta hear \u2019em \u2019cause it\u2019s Myth Making 101<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Let\u2019s go to audio sound bites. We have a montage Saturday and Sunday of a bunch of Drive-By Media people talking about the release of the video in St. Louis being blamed for the violence and looting in Ferguson, Missouri.<\/p>\n

ABC ANNOUNCER: (bouncy music) Nights of looting and violence following the release of this video…<\/p>\n

LESTER HOLT: A piece of video becomes a new flashpoint.<\/p>\n

ALEX PEREZ: Anger here apparently sparked in part by the release of the surveillance video.<\/p>\n

POPPY HARLOW: Protesters very angry that the police there released a surveillance video.<\/p>\n

MOLLY LINE: … violence erupting after police in Ferguson, Missouri, released surveillance video.<\/p>\n

STEVE OSUNSAMI: The pot boiled over Friday when the Ferguson police chief released this surveillance video.<\/p>\n

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD: Protesters were outraged over the release of the video.<\/p>\n

LELAND VITTERT: Federal authorities did not want police to release this video over concerns of further escalating the situation.<\/p>\n

DON CHAMPION: It escalated Friday night after Ferguson police released a video.<\/p>\n

ANDREA MITCHEL: There was peace, but then the local police chief released that video!<\/p>\n

BOB SCHIEFFER: … releasing that video, which seemed to just really inflame people.<\/p>\n

HOWARD KURTZ: This video of the shoplifting, it changed the storyline.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Why? Would somebody tell me why? There is a misconception out there, until the video is released. The misconception is that a gentle<\/a> giant was walking down the street, eager to start college classes, and a murderous, racist white cop<\/a> came up and — for no reason, without much provocation — shot him. And then this video gets released on Friday, and it shows that the gentle giant was not innocent. He had shoplifted. <\/p>\n

More information was added, not less. Nothing had changed. No lies had taken place. They just released a video, and this is enough to cause looting and riots and so forth<\/a>? Why? When are these looters and rioters gonna figure out that all they gotta do is move five or six blocks and they can destroy other people\u2019s stuff, instead their own town? But why would the release of the video cause this? <\/p>\n

No, I\u2019m talking about in a sane world. Why would more information, “Hey, this changes things a little bit…”? Because it destroyed the myth, folks. That\u2019s why, because it destroyed the myth. The phony narrative that had been created all week long was all of a sudden destroyed because now the gentle giant could no longer be seen the way he was originally portrayed. I\u2019ve got no dog in the fight. I think I\u2019m like anybody else.<\/p>\n

I hate seeing all it is, but I\u2019m not gonna sit around here and join this chorus of people thinking, “We\u2019ve gotta understand the rage. We gotta back off.” Do you know on Friday night…? I think it was Friday night. I\u2019ve lost track of the dates. The cops just backed off and let it happen! What\u2019s the purpose of police force? Defend and protect property, private property and people. The looting begins; they back off. <\/p>\n

The highway patrol captain said, “Yeah, we thought it would be less provocative,” or some such thing. “We thought maybe let \u2019em just burn off some tension and steam.” Well, they\u2019re destroying people\u2019s property in the process. It\u2019s like saying we better not try to catch \u2019em or stop \u2019em. It\u2019s just gonna make \u2019em madder and they\u2019ll just riot even more. <\/p>\n

Well, using that logic, we shouldn\u2019t ever try to apprehend any bad guy, if all it\u2019s gonna do is make matters worse. Now, remember, this video release… The key thing to remember about this is that at the time of the incident, the cop, Darren Wilson, didn\u2019t know. This was announced a little bit, a few hours after the video was released. The cop didn\u2019t know that the gentle giant had robbed a convenience store. <\/p>\n

But the gentle giant knew that he had robbed the convenience store and had to think that the cop knew. If you rob a convenience store, and six to 10 minutes later you encounter a cop on the street, what are you gonna think? You\u2019re gonna think the word\u2019s out, you\u2019ve been caught, and they\u2019re coming after you — and it might have some influence in the way you behave in that encounter. But the cop didn\u2019t know. <\/p>\n

So I don\u2019t think the release of the video was done to taint the suspect or the gentle giant. I think release the video was done to explain the actions of the cop, particularly when it comes out later that he didn\u2019t know, but the gentle giant did. That\u2019s the thing. The suspect knew what he had done; the cop didn\u2019t. Therefore the cop has no way of making sense of his behavior. <\/p>\n

“Hey, young man, get off the street. You\u2019re not allowed to be walking here in the middle of the street. Get off.”<\/p>\n

Whatever reaction happened is not commensurate with somebody who made being reprimanded for jaywalking, but the cop doesn\u2019t know. I think it\u2019s fundamentally crucial and important. Jay Nixon, the governor, piled on, too. He thinks that the place was peaceful. They had peace there. They had peace in Ferguson \u2019til the cops released the video to smear Michael Brown\u2019s character. How do you…? How do you smear some…?<\/p>\n

More the myth. <\/p>\n

How do you smear somebody\u2019s character who had just shoplifted? <\/p>\n

How do you how do you do that? <\/p>\n

How\u2019s that happen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: So after all of this talk about the police being too militarized, what does the governor do? He calls out the National Guard. It\u2019s the military. And you know what else? He didn\u2019t tell Obama. Nixon didn\u2019t tell Obama. Somehow that\u2019s big news. Obama didn\u2019t know they were gonna call out the Guard. Apparently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nVideo Blamed for Violence in Ferguson - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Video Blamed for Violence in Ferguson - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: So after all of this talk about the police being too militarized, what does the governor do? He calls out the National Guard. It\u2019s the military. And you know what else? He didn\u2019t tell Obama. Nixon didn\u2019t tell Obama. Somehow that\u2019s big news. Obama didn\u2019t know they were gonna call out the Guard. Apparently […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GeorgePrayias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/\",\"name\":\"Video Blamed for Violence in Ferguson - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-18T16:52:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-08-18T16:52:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Video Blamed for Violence in Ferguson\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\",\"name\":\"GeorgePrayias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GeorgePrayias\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Video Blamed for Violence in Ferguson - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"Video Blamed for Violence in Ferguson - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: So after all of this talk about the police being too militarized, what does the governor do? He calls out the National Guard. It\u2019s the military. And you know what else? He didn\u2019t tell Obama. Nixon didn\u2019t tell Obama. Somehow that\u2019s big news. Obama didn\u2019t know they were gonna call out the Guard. Apparently […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GeorgePrayias","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/","name":"Video Blamed for Violence in Ferguson - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2014-08-18T16:52:57+00:00","dateModified":"2014-08-18T16:52:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/08\/18\/video_blamed_for_violence_in_ferguson\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Video Blamed for Violence in Ferguson"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4","name":"GeorgePrayias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"GeorgePrayias"},"url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}