Did you hear about the Ferguson cop's Eye Socket Fracture?

[Jermys]

littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43751_Jim_Hofts_Unsourced_Claim_That_Officer_Darren_Wilson_Had_an_Orbital_Blowout_Fracture_of_the_Eye_Socket

The entire right wing universe (including Drudge Report) is now screaming about this post by, yes, the Dumbest Man on the Internet again, claiming that anonymous sources told him officer Darren Wilson suffered an “orbital blowout fracture to the eye socket” in a struggle with unarmed teenager Michael Brown: BREAKING REPORT: Officer Darren Wilson Suffered “Orbital Blowout Fracture to Eye Socket” During Mike Brown Attack | the Gateway Pundit.



It’s possible that someone did leak this information to Hoft, but I’ll remind my readers that Jim Hoft is probably the single most dishonest right wing blogger on the Internet as well as the dumbest, with a very long history of distorting facts and completely making stuff up to push his far right, often overtly racist agenda.



And there are some things to consider about Hoft’s claims this time as well, before lending them credibility they probably don’t deserve.



Here are the symptoms of an orbital blowout fracture:



The most common symptoms are bruising, tenderness and swelling around the eye; redness of the eye; double vision, ordiplopia (seeing two images at the same time); numbness of the cheek, nose or teeth; nose bleeds (epistaxis) [See figure 1].



Symptoms that typically indicate a more serious injury are pain on eye movement, double vision, air under the skin around the eye, and numbness of the cheek/mouth/nose on the side of the injury. Severe trauma may cause facial bone fractures, injury to the eye itself, and injuries to the skull/brain.



In the video taken by an eyewitness immediately after the shooting, officer Darren Wilson is seen walking calmly around the body with no signs of discomfort or injury, even though by this time he would have been in very serious pain.

Also, no ambulance was called for Wilson, and no first aid was administered by other officers, which seems odd if he had indeed suffered this type of serious injury — or any injury at all.



And there’s more evidence that Hoft is trying to pull a fast one again; here is the original image posted at the AAPOS site, showing a CT scan of a blowout fracture (on the left), compared to the image posted at Gateway Pundit by Hoft (on the right):


Notice the difference? In the version posted by Jim Hoft, the text at bottom right that says “UNIV OF IOWA” has been crudely erased. Caught you, Jim.



Was Hoft trying to mislead his readers into thinking this was the actual X-ray (or CT scan) of Darren Wilson? His text does not make it clear it wasn’t Wilson’s CT scan — and the words “UNIV OF IOWA” have been blacked out, quite deliberately.



If Hoft’s intent was to mislead, it worked. All over Twitter and right wing blogs, the wingnuts are raving about “Darren Wilson’s X-ray” that shows a fractured eye socket — but this is just a generic example image of an unknown person’s CT scan.



Time will tell if Wilson is going to claim he had this type of injury, but nobody should take Jim Hoft’s word for it.



And one more point while I’m at it; Hoft writes:



This comes from a source within the Prosecuting Attorney’s office and confirmed by the St. Louis County Police.



If that’s true, it’s highly disturbing that the St. Louis prosecutor’s office and the St. Louis County police department are leaking information to a far right hateblogger known for his unrelenting dishonesty, who uses a white supremacist hate group as a source.

[lightyears]

Jesus fucking Christ with this guy.

Can I change my BEC answer?

[Jermys]

Aug 20, 2014 17:35:49 GMT -5 lightyears said:

Jesus fucking Christ with this guy.

Can I change my BEC answer?

It's me now, isn't it LOL

[lightyears]

Aug 20, 2014 17:37:12 GMT -5 Jermys said:

Aug 20, 2014 17:35:49 GMT -5 lightyears said:

Jesus fucking Christ with this guy.

Can I change my BEC answer?

It's me now, isn't it LOL

lololol!

Did you read any of the comments on the guy's website? It makes me want to tear my eyes out.

[lightyears]

"The community of Ferguson has been infiltrated by Obama sponsored radical Communists (Revolution Club Chicago, a Communist group that calls for a global revolution in order to bring down capitalism). Riots are intentionally being incited by Obama. Race/class division is a key strategy for economy socialization lifted directly from chapter two of the Communist Manifesto. This is about politics, people are irrelevant to the Marxist state. PUSH BACK AMERICA! DO NOT ALLOW THIS MARXIST SUBVERSION OF YOUR SOCIETY!"


....seems legit.

[Jermys]

Aug 20, 2014 17:38:27 GMT -5 lightyears said:

Aug 20, 2014 17:37:12 GMT -5 Jermys said:

It's me now, isn't it LOL

lololol!

Did you read any of the comments on the guy's website? It makes me want to tear my eyes out.

I never ever ever ever read the comments.  They make me want to burn things.

[Jermys]

Aug 20, 2014 17:41:36 GMT -5 lightyears said:

"The community of Ferguson has been infiltrated by Obama sponsored radical Communists (Revolution Club Chicago, a Communist group that calls for a global revolution in order to bring down capitalism). Riots are intentionally being incited by Obama. Race/class division is a key strategy for economy socialization lifted directly from chapter two of the Communist Manifesto. This is about politics, people are irrelevant to the Marxist state. PUSH BACK AMERICA! DO NOT ALLOW THIS MARXIST SUBVERSION OF YOUR SOCIETY!"


....seems legit.

Man, Obama really gets around.  He's got a finger in like EVERY pie!  He's amazing!

[suzyp]

This came up in a FB discussion - just that there were reports swirling that this occurred.

I had to stop the discussion cannot deal with people. I noted that the robbery, if true, was irrelevant b/c the officer did not know about it. I was told that it was relevant because it went to Michael Brown's state of mind, i.e. if he was "aggressive" because he had just committed a robbery when the cop approached. Nevermind the question of WHY he was stopped in the first place.

[joshlyman]

Aug 20, 2014 17:44:13 GMT -5 Jermys said:

Aug 20, 2014 17:41:36 GMT -5 lightyears said:

"The community of Ferguson has been infiltrated by Obama sponsored radical Communists (Revolution Club Chicago, a Communist group that calls for a global revolution in order to bring down capitalism). Riots are intentionally being incited by Obama. Race/class division is a key strategy for economy socialization lifted directly from chapter two of the Communist Manifesto. This is about politics, people are irrelevant to the Marxist state. PUSH BACK AMERICA! DO NOT ALLOW THIS MARXIST SUBVERSION OF YOUR SOCIETY!"


....seems legit.

Man, Obama really gets around.  He's got a finger in like EVERY pie!  He's amazing!

If he wasn't a socialist Marxist communist hitler lover, I would think he was pretty awesome!

[elleblue]

Yeah. I thought it was suspicious when I read about it yesterday that he didn't explicitly say whether or not that was Wilson's x-ray/scan. I was skeptical from the start, so this surprises me not at all. 

[Jermys]

Aug 20, 2014 17:59:11 GMT -5 joshlyman said:

Aug 20, 2014 17:44:13 GMT -5 Jermys said:

Man, Obama really gets around.  He's got a finger in like EVERY pie!  He's amazing!

If he wasn't a socialist Marxist communist hitler lover, I would think he was pretty awesome!

Are you kidding?  That's why I love him!

[Bernadine]

He was also beat almost unconscious, apparently. Which, also apparently, doesn't require an ambulance, or immediate medical care?

[elleblue]

Aug 20, 2014 18:02:17 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

He was also beat almost unconscious, apparently. Which, also apparently, doesn't require an ambulance, or immediate medical care?

So how was he able to walk around, to all appearances fine, immediately after the incident? An eyewitness took video with her phone right after it happened. Let me see if I can find the footage. 

link (I know it's Kos but other sources just had pics from the video)

[joshlyman]

Aug 20, 2014 18:03:31 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Aug 20, 2014 18:02:17 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

He was also beat almost unconscious, apparently. Which, also apparently, doesn't require an ambulance, or immediate medical care?

And also seems to allow for someone to still fire a weapon 6 times. 

With impressive aim for someone with an extremely serious eye injury who was almost knocked unconscious.

[Deleted]

Aug 20, 2014 18:06:02 GMT -5 joshlyman said:

Aug 20, 2014 18:03:31 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

And also seems to allow for someone to still fire a weapon 6 times. 

With impressive aim for someone with an extremely serious eye injury who was almost knocked unconscious.

He's like the Rambo of Missouri.

[flamingeaux]

Aug 20, 2014 17:44:13 GMT -5 Jermys said:

Aug 20, 2014 17:41:36 GMT -5 lightyears said:

"The community of Ferguson has been infiltrated by Obama sponsored radical Communists (Revolution Club Chicago, a Communist group that calls for a global revolution in order to bring down capitalism). Riots are intentionally being incited by Obama. Race/class division is a key strategy for economy socialization lifted directly from chapter two of the Communist Manifesto. This is about politics, people are irrelevant to the Marxist state. PUSH BACK AMERICA! DO NOT ALLOW THIS MARXIST SUBVERSION OF YOUR SOCIETY!"


....seems legit.

Man, Obama really gets around.  He's got a finger in like EVERY pie!  He's amazing!

Can you imagine how many fingers he must have in order to do that I mean:

[Jermys]

Aug 20, 2014 18:03:31 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Aug 20, 2014 18:02:17 GMT -5 Bernadine said:

He was also beat almost unconscious, apparently. Which, also apparently, doesn't require an ambulance, or immediate medical care?

And also seems to allow for someone to still fire a weapon 6 times. 

WHY IS HE NOT BEING CANONIZED???  He's clearly magical!

[Bernadine]

Aug 20, 2014 18:11:01 GMT -5 frkls said:

Excellent! I heard somebody on the radio announce this injury as if it was a confirmed, legit, common knowledge development in the case. I'm glad its blog news and not real news.
My sister is married to a fox news matt Walsh fan and is totally buying the narrative about MB attacking the cop. She also said something about cops being required to empty their clips when they shoot so that's why he was shot so many times. AND that he was "most likely already dead when he was shot in the head." um. No.

Oh, well that makes perfect sense then.

[textbookcase]

Ahhh, pulling a McNasty!

[kristie]

Yeah, and they found no evidence of it on Michael browns body. You don't break someone's face or beat them within an inch of their life without showing some wear and tear on your hands. And if this was true, we all know we would have seen pictures of it before the body was even removed from the street.

They are starting this rumor, because they know it doesn't take take much to convince an audience who wants to believe. They might never publicly claim it, but they know the rumor is enough. Fuck them and fuck the bleeting sheep who are so fucking gullible to believe this shit.

[joshlyman]

Aug 20, 2014 18:11:01 GMT -5 frkls said:

Excellent! I heard somebody on the radio announce this injury as if it was a confirmed, legit, common knowledge development in the case. I'm glad its blog news and not real news.
My sister is married to a fox news matt Walsh fan and is totally buying the narrative about MB attacking the cop. She also said something about cops being required to empty their clips when they shoot so that's why he was shot so many times. AND that he was "most likely already dead when he was shot in the head." um. No.

Well shots in the arm are totes as deadly as ones in the head.

[gretchenindisguise]

Shocking. Completely shocking.

Said no reasonable person ever.