The "Hands up, don't shoot" narrative that fueled the rioting in Ferguson and elsewhere, and the murders of two policemen in New York City, was fake. Forensic evidence and reliable eyewitness testimony showed that Michael Brown's hands were not up, and he was not attempting to surrender, when he was shot.
Today, however, we saw on film a true version of "Hands up, don't shoot." It is shown in a picture of a policeman in Paris, who was shot with a machine gun at pointblank range by an Islamic terrorist. Eleven others (so far) were murdered in this incident. The story of the attack is carried by the Wall Street Journal. Even those who are usually complacent and dismissive about terrorism, and who have less than no use for the police, are likely to be shocked by barbarity this grotesque.
The terror attack was on the staff or a weekly satirical magazine that had ridiculed the Prophet Mohammed. The policeman pictured had apparently already been shot once, and was on the ground with his hands up.
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