A viral video that has garnered millions of views on Facebook is just the latest smear tactic against Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by police officer Darren Wilson in August.
The video, distributed by a Canadian Facebook user claiming it shows “the fellow that all of the riots are about,” depicts a man who barely resembles Brown robbing and brutally beating a senior.
As the attack continues, the attacker is shown stomping on the older man, taking his backpack and stealing money from his pocket.
At one point, a second man joins in, punching the elderly victim.
The entire two minute clip, though, has nothing to do with Michael Brown.
The video was shot more than two years ago by Rolanda Jones, 27, a Texas woman who lived in Dallas’ Woodland City Apartments complex.
Jones, a Walmart employee, used her Android phone to film the shocking attack, and later uploaded the clip on her YouTube page.
How the video, which has racked up 17.5 million views in the last two weeks, resurfaced onto Facebook in an apparent smear campaign against Brown’s image remains a mystery.
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