CNN reporter Don Lemon is countering claims by Fox News that Officer Darren Wilson suffered a fractured or torn eye socket following his confrontation with Michael Brown.
Lemon is duplicitous in his coverage of the story given that in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, he was covering the story from the vantage point that Brown aka “The Gentle Giant” was running away from officers with his hands up crying aloud that he wasn’t armed and begging not to be shot. The reports that Brown was shot from behind helped to fan racial flames in fallout that included rioting and looting.
Then video evidence emerged depicting Brown as a street thug who used his sheer size and strength to intimidate and assault a store clerk shortly before the shooting incident occurred. It did not matter to Lemon that the narrative of Brown as someone who never got into a fight and was benevolent to all has been turned upside down.
In fact, there is medical evidence that Officer Wilton was struck in the face sufering swelling around his eyes and face indicative of being punched. Officer Wilson claims his wounds occurred when Brown bum rushed him in what was likely a manner similar to what Brown was video filmed doing to the store clerk he robbed.
What matters to Lemon are the semantics of whether the officer had his eye socket broken. Is the point of CNN’s coverage to find angles to exonerate Michael Brown at every turn of events? The answer is yes because as Jon Stewart proudly asserted, there is a race agenda that is bigger than Ferguson which drives how the news is reported.