[Cincinatus' Wife]

Fox News "Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon drew criticism from his own Lt. Governor Tuesday when he said "a vigorous prosecution must now be pursued" in the shooting death of black 18-year-old Michael Brown by white police Officer Darren Wilson in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.

Nixon made the comment in a videotaped statement in which he said he would not remove St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch from the case despite the demands of some black leaders who believe that McCulloch's deep family ties to law enforcement would affect his impartiality. McCullouch's father, mother, brother, uncle and cousin all worked for the St. Louis Police Department, and his father was killed while responding to a call involving a black suspect.

In his statement, Nixon cited what he called the "well-established process" by which prosecutors can recuse themselves from pending investigations to make way for a special prosecutor. Departing from that process, Nixon said in a statement, "could unnecessarily inject legal uncertainty into this matter and potentially jeopardize the prosecution."

"We have a responsibility," Nixon said, "to come together, and do everything we can to achieve justice for [Brown's] family." Nixon added that McCulloch and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder had an obligation "to achieve justice in the shooting death of Michael Brown must be carried out thoroughly, promptly, and correctly."

"It's really heartbreaking to see a man elected to an office that high in our state government ... come out with a statement like that, that does prejudge the case," Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder told Fox News' Shepard Smith late Tuesday. "It would be wrong for a prosecutor to say what the governor has said here tonight and it's wrong for the governor of Missouri to have said it."

Nixon and McCulloch are Democrats, while Kinder is a Republican. Under Missouri law, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately.............."

[2ndDivisionVet]

Translation: We want Wilson’s head and if this guy is standing in our way we will destroy him too.

Related:

Gov. Nixon Calls For ‘Vigorous Prosecution’ in Brown Shooting
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3194876/posts

Do the Ferguson Protestors Really Want Justice?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3194871/posts

[Fresh Wind]

“replace him with a special prosecutor”

Translation:

“replace the racist white prosecutor with a racist black prosecutor”

[piasa]

Nabila Nasheed. Looks like the “Taliban is in the building” applies here too.

[SoFloFreeper]

"Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon drew criticism from his own Lt. Governor Tuesday when he said "a vigorous prosecution must now be pursued"....

Nice to see someone in Missouri recognize is being an Obama hack.

[defconw]

I sure would like to know why this particular fat slob thug is more important then all the other thugs that have died or will die this year?

So here we go black people, cops will no longer patrol your hoods. Cop free zones. Good look morons.

[Gen.Blather]

The article states McCulloch favors the police in prosecutions. The way it works here is the police present a case to the prosecuting attorney. He either agrees and brings charges or disagrees and does not bring charges. The prosecution and the police are different areas of the state’s justice system. They must work hand-in-glove to investigate, present and prosecute cases. So, what would it look like if McCulloch agreed with the police to bring a case and then did not support or tried to destroy the case they helped him build? Destroying that case is the defense’s job.

[Ray76]

>> Missouri State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed launched a petition

Jamilah Nasheed, Democrat muslim high school dropout radical

Growing up in south St. Louis City, being one of a dozen female members of a teenage gang and ending up taking trips to the juvenile detention center, Sen. Jamilah Nasheed’s unconventional past did not stop when she reached adulthood. After being “pushed-out” of the St. Louis public school system during her high school years, Jamilah started to change, she said, transitioning from being a “disturbed a kid to being an aware adult.” Jamilah began attending a mosque on Grand Boulevard during what would have been her high school years, and ended up studying the religion for two years before eventually converting. http://themissouritimes.com/3321/from-the-projects-to-the-capitol-part-two/

State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed said she would petition the U.S. Justice Department for a formal investigation on Monday [ed. Aug 11]. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/18-year-old-shot-dead-missouri-witnesses-article-1.1898333

Eastern Missouri ACLU hosts first Muslim Day at Capitol Rep. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis City, spoke at a press conference for Muslim Day. She greeted the crowd in Arabic and went on to encourage them all to be active as Muslims in state government. "[Islam] is about peace and harmony," Nasheed said. http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/136117/eastern-missouri-aclu-hosts-first-muslim-day-at-capitol/

Sen. Jamilah Nasheed's chief of staff Eric Vickers has pictures of Malcolm X at his desk in Nasheed's office. http://themissouritimes.com/8065/staff-profile-activist-turns-politics/

[Graybeard58]

replace him with a special black prosecutor

[smalltownslick]

The Special Prosecutor idea could backfire. Oh, wait, Trey Gowdy’s busy.