“Why is everyone second-guessing the grand jury?”
I think people are second-guessing the system. Prosecutors can get a grand jury to do pretty much what they want by what evidence they present and how they present it. And it’s a private deal, so no one gets to see what went on. They can indict people who have no business being indicted. Likewise, when they want to protect someone, it’s easy enough to do, and then they can hide behind the grand jury’s decision. That’s why I think in a case like this, they should have had a public trial to let the public see that justice is being done.
That's not true in the Ferguson, Mo. case. The Prosecutor's office released ALL evidence in the Michael Brown / Darren Wilson case once that evidence was provided to the Grand Jury, typically on the same day. Further, upon conclusion of the Grand Jury's work, he then released all testimony provided to the Grand Jury.
That was an unusual move, designed to provide transparency to the Grand Jury process and all evidence presented in the case. Anyone could see the evidence presented for themselves, and read the transcripts of the testimony for themselves.
Anyone who cared to read the testimony provided to the grand jury quickly learned that so-called "witnesses" who told the media that Officer Wilson shot Michael Brown in the back crumbled under examination in the Grand Jury. One by one when presented with the forensic evidence that Brown was not shot in the back, they quickly retracted the statements they made to the media out of fear of being prosecuted for perjury in front of the Grand Jury.
That makes the entire "hands up, don't shoot!" meme that's been propagandized in the black community with the cooperation of the lieberal lamestream media A LIE.
IMO, how the Prosecutor's office handled this case was a textbook example of how the Grand Jury process SHOULD WORK.
You are probably right. (Don’t tell my husband I admitted I might be wrong about something!) ;-)