Ferguson shooting grand jury verdict

[camstory]

I really shouldn't be here right out, I'm a bit of the stressed-out wreck. I have read the last few posts and I want to get back here to comment on those a little bit. In my experience there's been a huge difference between the attitudes and treatment of officer versus beat or street cops, California Highway Patrol, and even different cities. There are two cities very near to where I live, and in one the police are human, and the other right next to it it's a gang of something more like wolves. I hope to return soon to explain briefly what I mean.

This I found earlier this morning after the question of the nickname nigger toe for a nut came up. While searching for what kind of nut the nickname was for, I found this. I was sort of flabbergasted, and still am. There's a link to a very short thread but it was enough for me to see that all these people had one common sore-pustule hate. Two screenshots show over 700 near 1000 spending their Saturday hanging out with like-minded haters. I really don't know what to say. All for now maybe a shower and a walk with the dogs and a comforting smile from Kelly will help make me feel a lot better. (Right now I feel badly for my dogs, yet happy that they don't understand what awful animals they have to share the world with.)

http://www.chimpout.com/forum/showthrea ... oes!/page2

 

[MrRodry]

Some interesting news about the grand jury.

Darren Wilson Grand Juror Sues, Accusing Ferguson Prosecutor Of Mischaracterizing Case

WASHINGTON -- A member of the grand jury that ultimately decided not to indict former Ferguson, Missouri, Police Officer Darren Wilson in the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown is suing the prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County, accusing Robert McCulloch of mischaracterizing the grand jury process.

The still-anonymous grand juror, referred to only as "Grand Juror Doe" in the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, believes that his or her voice "could contribute to the current public dialogue concerning race relations" in the country. The grand juror believes that the Wilson case was handled much differently than the hundreds of other cases presented to the grand jury before the Wilson case.

"From Plaintiff's perspective, the presentation of evidence to the grand jury investigating Wilson differed markedly and in significant ways from how evidence was presented in the hundreds of matters presented to the grand jury earlier in its term," the lawsuit stated. The grand juror believes that the portrayal of the case in the media has not been accurate.

"In Plaintiff's view, the current information available about the grand jurors' views is not entirely accurate -- especially the implication that all grand jurors believed that there was no support for any charges," the lawsuit stated. "Moreover, the public characterization of the grand jurors' view of witnesses and evidence does not accord with Plaintiff's own."

The ACLU said the "life-time gag order" against grand jurors in the case is not fair in the Wilson case because of the extraordinary publicity Brown's death received and the strange way the case was presented.

"The Supreme Court has said that grand jury secrecy must be weighed against the juror's First Amendment rights on a case-by-case basis," ACLU of Missouri Legal Director Tony Rothert said in a statement. "The rules of secrecy must yield because this is a highly unusual circumstance. The First Amendment prevents the state from imposing a life-time gag order in cases where the prosecuting attorney has purported to be transparent."

Read the lawsuit here.

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[JerryBoBerry]

Some interesting news about the grand jury.

Darren Wilson Grand Juror Sues, Accusing Ferguson Prosecutor Of Mischaracterizing Case

WASHINGTON -- A member of the grand jury that ultimately decided not to indict former Ferguson, Missouri, Police Officer Darren Wilson in the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown is suing the prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County, accusing Robert McCulloch of mischaracterizing the grand jury process.
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And the only thing that will come of that is 400 people now think they have another shot at burning down some stores and getting free booze and TV's.

 

[MrRodry]

Or, maybe, others major fuck ups perpetrated by McCulloch experienced legal staff will be revealed to the public. And, maybe, we will get a notion if those were honest mistakes or not.