[Straight Vermonter]

even if the evidence was insufficient to indict Officer Darren Wilson, justice would have been better served if the grand jury had indicted anyway. That way, the reasoning goes, we could have had a public trial in the light of day where everyone could have seen that the case was insufficient. That, we are to believe, would have made it easier for the community to accept the result.

Correct. Just see the example of the Rodney King trial.

[Jim Robinson]

B/S. An innocent man does not have to answer to a lynch mob.

[wagglebee]

Correct. Just see the example of the Rodney King trial.

So, you believe that whenever a person is accused of something that they should be indicted even if there is no evidence that a crime was committed and then be put on trial to prove their innocence?

This is totally contrary to over two hundred years of American jurisprudence and centuries of English Common Law before that upon which it is based.

Police officers are in constant contact with criminals and they must be prepared to defend themselves and innocent bystanders, THIS is why We the People provide them with guns.