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‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ makes WaPo’s list of outlandish claims

By Becket Adams
Published December 14, 2015 5:55pm ET
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‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ makes WaPo’s list of outlandish claims
"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" quickly gained traction, and the story soon became part of a widely accepted narrative involving Michael Brown's death. (AP Photo) | Jeff Chiu

The story of a Ferguson, Mo., police officer fatally shooting an 18-year-old African-American who was trying to surrender is one of the “most outlandish claims of 2015,” says the Washington Post’s fact checker.

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