Posted on 11/24/2014 7:29:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A grand jury decided not to indict the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in August. With protestors gathered in Ferguson and elsewhere, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch announced the decision Monday night.
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Justice for Mike Brown? What - should we dig him up and shoot him again?
” You thought the missing airliner was bad .... you ain’t seen nothing yet.”
CNN’s MH370 coverage kept me amused for weeks-—especially the mock cockpit and the British guy.
Very funny.
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The U.S. instituted a jury system for just this type of issue. Anyone who disagrees with this jury’s decision, disagrees with one of the underpinnings of the U.S.
That’s at the core of these so-called “protests”—riots really. Seems to me like Article 3 section 3 applies here since they are levying war against the USA and the way it is structured, but it would not do any good to allow the current POTUS to invoke that to his own purposes.
Just passed 80% in favor of the GJ.
or they cannot read
“I would have accepted it either way.”
I would have done the same as I would with any jury.
Since I didn’t sit on this jury (thank you Lord) I know they saw evidence that we did not.
A fair and righteous decision that must stand, never mind the rioters
Sticking to Truth is a good thing.
I didn’t hear the testimony the grand jury heard. Thus I don’t have an opinion. (Just kidding)
But I’m happy anyway. Maybe I’m a racist.
I have no information supporting my opinion but I would bet the prosecutor would have loved an indictment. That means I believe he tried like hell to get one and didn’t.
That is a distinct possibility...
This is not right. 16.19% (187 votes)
I still haven't made up my mind. 3.55% (41 votes)
None of the above. I'll share my thoughts in the comments below. 0.87% (10 votes)
Total Votes: 1,155
The prosecutor gave a fairly detailed account of the incident tonight. Suspects DNA was on the gun and on the INSIDE of the police car. Suspect suffered a close range glancing shot on his thumb. Suspect’s blood trail goes 150’ East from the patrol car, yet his body lay 125’ from the car, facing the car. He had no wounds to the back. An African American witness testified that the suspect ran away, stopped, turned, and rushed the officer, stopped again, and rushed again. The officer paused his firing when the suspect stopped his approach, then continued when the suspect continued his approach until the kill shot was delivered.
Open and shut case.
I think there is an business opportunity for a new liquor store in ferguson, mo.
Should never have even gotten to that point.
I’m very pleased with the outcome.
Even though the Grand Jury knew what was going on in the community .. and how a group of people were trying to hijack the town and the investigation .. the Grand Jury still did the right thing by truly investigating and putting ALL the pieces of the puzzle together.
I believe Officer Wilson will now have to move away - and probably never be able to have a job as a police officer, which is very sad.
I doubt he could enter a “witness protection program” because Holder’s bunch would know who he was and where he was .. and I wouldn’t trust them.
But, not one word was said (except by the Prosecutor) about the actions of Brown. Brown robbed a store (a strong-arm robbery); Brown then menaced the owner and “technically” assaulted the man; Brown and his friend were then walking in the middle of the road when Wilson told them to step up on the sidewalk ..... NEVER FORGET THIS - IF BROWN HAD JUST DONE WHAT OFFICER WILSON ASKED HIM TO DO, HE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SHOT BY WILSON. Many of the media have taken for granted that Wilson just shot the Brown because he could.
Of course, it was at this time that Wilson recognized the outfit Brown was wearing as the one described as being the person who robbed the store. So, with another officer arriving on the scene .. who knows what might have happened even if Brown had moved to the sidewalk.
Brown was 6’4”, and weighed approx. 300 lbs. If I saw that size of a person charging toward me, I would be shooting too. And .. I know people were not happy to hear that two black people gave testimony supporting Wilson’s claim of Brown charging him. Also, I heard the Prosecutor say that when Brown started charging after Wilson, Wilson shot him 3 times; Brown stopped, Wilson stopped shooting. Brown started charging again and Wilson started shooting again .. which would account for the 6 shots which hit Brown.
So, having lost a child (37 yrs old), I can totally understand the grief his mother must feel. However, her comments that “her sons’ killer” was not going to receive punishment was just beyond the pale; especially since she had just been in jail for battery (or something similar). So, where on earth did her son learn to be a bully ..????
The President’s comments were awful. How dare he say that “America is not all that it could be” .. since he’s spent the last 6 years ripping her apart.
The EVIDENCE showed that Trayvon Martin thought he was going to play the knockout game on a gay man.
The EVIDENCE showed that the Gentle Giant attacked a police officer in his vehicle after robbing a liquor store and assaulting an employee.
All the EVIDENCE will be ignored by the media and the race pimps that control the racial agenda in America.
Not having reviewed the evidence, I will not second-guess a grand jury.
I do, however, hope that this unfortunate incident will prompt the legislatures of the several states to require that LEOs wear operational body cameras with sound recording devices whenever acting in an official capacity (undercover operations excluded, though I would hope the legislation would also require a court order for any undercover operation) — ideally a camera/recorder that uploaded the video and audio in real time to a database under the control of the judiciary of the state, and ideally with severe penalties for failure to wear or maintain the camera/sound-recorder in operation. (Some FReepers have suggested no camera, no pay for the sift. I favor voiding their police powers when the camera or recorder is not running, again leaving aside undercover ops undertaken with court approval.)
Such an arrangement would protect LEOs from false accusations of misconduct and the citizenry from actual police misconduct.
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