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Brown Family Lawyer: Grand Jury Process Against Wilson ‘Completely Unfair’
Mediaite ^ | November 23, 2014 | Evan McMurry

Posted on 11/23/2014 9:28:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Benjamin Crump, attorney for Michael Brown’s family, called into question the grand jury proceedings against police officer Darren Wilson, saying the prosecutor was showing an unprecedented amount of deference in the case.

“Why do we accept that when police kill our children, we’re just going to have this grand jury proceeding, and it’s different from everything else?” Crump said. “It’s a problem with our system, when we have the local prosecutor, who has this symbiotic relationship with the local police department, and the local police officers, and has no relationship—”

“It sounds like you’ve prejudged what the grand jury is going to say,” Stephanopoulos said, somewhat taken aback. “Have you already decided the process is unfair?”

“Oh, the process is completely unfair,” Crump said. “99% of the time police officers aren’t charged when they kill young people of color.”

Crump said he was certain Wilson would get a fair trial if indicted. “I don’t worry about due process for Officer Wilson,” he said. “I worry about due process for the little black boy lying dead on the ground.”

[Note -- Dan Abrams, who appears in this clip, is the founder of Mediaite]

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blacks; darrenwilson; ferguson; michaelbrown; missouri; trayvons
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At 18 I was in charge of early warning intelligence for the Korean DMZ. Many other 18 year olds fought in our wars, from the Revolution to Iraq and Afghanistan. They were not boys.
1 posted on 11/23/2014 9:28:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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My second day in the army was my 18th birthday. by 20 I was a SGT serving in 2nd Ranger Bn. That thug was not a little kid deserving of our pity. He was a thug through and through. He got exactly what he deserved.


2 posted on 11/23/2014 9:35:42 PM PST by mikefive (RLTW)
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“Little black boy”? Little!????


3 posted on 11/23/2014 9:36:39 PM PST by mdmathis6
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wasn’t Crump one of the race-hustling lawyers in the St. Trayvon euthenasia case?


4 posted on 11/23/2014 9:37:43 PM PST by twister881
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To: mdmathis6

He was a gentle dwarf?


5 posted on 11/23/2014 9:38:49 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Crumplestiltskin is a phoney raciss.


6 posted on 11/23/2014 9:39:00 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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“It sounds like you’ve prejudged what the grand jury is going to say,” Stephanopoulos said, somewhat taken aback.

Prejudged? You betcha.

7 posted on 11/23/2014 9:39:17 PM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: mdmathis6

Whence the disparity in stature? Giants are dwarves to them now.


8 posted on 11/23/2014 9:39:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
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Crump: “I worry about due process for the little black boy lying dead on the ground.”


Right. What about the little black girl that got shot through the head sitting on her grandpa’s lap? What about the black children all over the US being shot because some thugs are having a turf war ?


9 posted on 11/23/2014 9:40:37 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Grumpy Cat - Ferguson - Clean photo GrumpyCat-Ferguson-clean.jpg
10 posted on 11/23/2014 9:41:38 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH !”

“We wantz a lynch mob, and we wantz it NOW !”


11 posted on 11/23/2014 9:43:33 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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“Why do we accept that when police kill our children, we’re just going to have this grand jury proceeding, and it’s different from everything else?”

Actually it isn't different.

“Oh, the process is completely unfair,” Crump said. “99% of the time police officers aren’t charged when they kill young people of color.”

Did you ever think maybe they had it coming? I'd say 99% is a good number. It means only 1% of the time was there someone killed who should not have been - and thus charges are brought. Actually I'd like to see that 99% number even higher.

“I don’t worry about due process for Officer Wilson,” he said. “I worry about due process for the little black boy lying dead on the ground.”

Gee, maybe as a lawyer, an officer of the court, you should be equally concerned about due process for all parties in a proceeding. Just sayin'...

12 posted on 11/23/2014 9:43:42 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Little?


13 posted on 11/23/2014 9:44:42 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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All this is about is using threats of riots and violence to mau-mau the Grand Jury to indict Officer Wilson so Crump will have a legal standing to file a bogus law suit that will then be settled out of court for tens of millions of dollars

This is just a shake down by the Black Grievance Industry

14 posted on 11/23/2014 9:44:48 PM PST by rdcbn
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“I worry about due process for the little black boy lying dead on the ground.”


15 posted on 11/23/2014 9:45:39 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: mikefive

Remember this?

16 posted on 11/23/2014 9:45:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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Thanks for your service. My induction day in the Navy was 2 months & 8 days after my 17th birthday. At 18, Michael Brown was a dangerous, 6’4”, 300-lb. thug.


17 posted on 11/23/2014 9:45:58 PM PST by twister881
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“Forget due process! Just lynch him already!”


18 posted on 11/23/2014 9:47:10 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They’re probably pissed that the decision wasn’t released weeks ago when the riot crowd was at a fever pitch. Between the colder weather, Thanksgiving this week and Christmas around the corner, getting harder to spew venom on the streets 24/7.


19 posted on 11/23/2014 9:47:50 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: twister881

There were men even younger than that in the earlier wars, as I’m sure you know. They weren’t boys.


20 posted on 11/23/2014 9:48:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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