Is the Man Tasked with Prosecuting Darren Wilson Actually Raising Money for Him?

[KamaAina]

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/st-louis-county-prosecutor-mcculloch-raising-money-darren-wilson/

Prosecutor McCulloch, who has already been under fire to remove himself from the Michael Brown case, may be involved in raising funds for Brown’s murderer, Officer Darren Wilson.

Backstoppers, an organization that McCulloch is the listed as vice president of, has a board that includes a circuit attorney and a city judge.

However, according to stltoday.com, McCulloch is now currently the President.

McCulloch joined former St. Louis County Police Chief Ron Battelle in accepting a $292,000 check from the 27th annual Budweiser Guns ‘N Hoses event earlier today at city hall in St. Louis. McCulloch also will be serving as president of the board for Backstoppers in the 50th anniversary year of his father’s death.

An “I Support Darren Wilson” t-shirt being sold on tee-spring has surfaced on social media, with half of the proceeds going to Darren Wilson’s GoFundMe, and the other half going to Backstoppers.

Derp.

[grasswire]

1. holy crap nt

[jwirr]

2. Hopefully someone is going to look into this. Conflict of interest.

[Louisiana1976]

5. I hope so too. That prosecutor ought to be investigated.

[JimDandy]

9. BackStoppers has explicitly denied this claim

at the top of their homepage. Anyone could have set up that t-shirt page without their knowledge or approval. If they are not accepting funds from that source though, I think they would be contacting the website owner to tell them to remove the item due to unlawful use of the BackStopper name.

What I find problematic, is that a prosecutor, whose job it is to depend on evidence gathered by the police in order to prosecute every single one of his cases, is on the board of directors for an org whose sole purpose is to benefit police and their families.

Because of the ever present conflict of interest, I think all cases involving the possible prosecution of a police officer should by law require the hiring of a special prosecutor.

[Dont call me Shirley]

12. Toddlers whine and cry when they get caught.

[ksoze]

13. Caught how? Its a hoax

[Dont call me Shirley]

14. I was referring to BackStoppers, when caught, began whining that the website was illegally using

their name.

[JimDandy]

16. So you don't believe them that this is a hoax?

I think the SLC prosecutor is biased, undoubdedly, but I doubt that a 55 year old charitable organization would put their reputation on the line for one hugely controversial police officer whose actions are under investigation by the DOJ.

[cstanleytech]

22. And your proof that they are doing something illegal is????????????????

[Dont call me Shirley]

24. Innocent until you're proven guilty, except for minority teens.

[cstanleytech]

26. Witty comments aside what is your answer? I mean come on if they are doing something illegal

as your claiming it should be easy enough for you to post a link.

[logosoco]

28. I do hope it is a hoax, because there are many officers and firefighters hurt on the job that need

extra help. I certainly do not think wilson would qualify for help from them.

It is surprising to hear McCullough has such a spot on the board. That does seem odd, not just because of conflict of interest, but he has a pretty big job in St. Louis county, and I would think Backstoppers would need someone with more of a time commitment (even though I guess some board seats are somewhat "ornamental&quot .

[atreides1]

3. Close the book on this, folks!

I predict that even if an indictment comes down(and I have serious doubts that it will), McCulloch will figure out an excuse not to prosecute Wilson.

[benld74]

4. THAT explains the article in the STLTODAY, which I didnt read,

that headlined, Backstoppers NOT raising $$$ for Darren Wilson.

[NYC_SKP]

6. You mean this one, now highly redacted?

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/backstoppers-is-not-raising-money-for-darren-wilson/article_361f0089-a36b-5f2d-93b3-8a4f83c0351b.html

[ksoze]

7. It's not redacted - it's ad based

Jeez

[justiceischeap]

21. You have to admit this is pretty ironic considering the highly redacted

incident report given to the press from the Ferguson PD. I get that it's ad-based but...ooo, the irony.

[ksoze]

8. Apparently debunked

That group raises money for fallen police families, not cops who shoot people. Some idiot selling shirts listed them as receiving funds which appears to be a hoax and may be hurting a worthy group.

[notadmblnd]

10. Hopefully those investigating at the DOJ will see article and look into it.

nt

[ksoze]

11. investigate those involved in the hoax

and tarnishing what appears to be a good organization supporting fallen cop families since 1959.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BackStoppers

[woo me with science]

15. I worry about the DOJ's motives and goals in this case.

It is the federal government that is enabling and encouraging with grants the militarization of police departments.

[ReRe]

17. K&R for EXPOSURE!

They have been so corrupt for so long that they can't distinguish what is or isn't a conflict of interest. They may not even understand the meaning of the term. Seriously.

[IdaBriggs]

18. Nothing to see here. Move along. All appearances of "conflict of interest"

are strictly in the dirty, Dirty, DIRTY minds of the populace.

[Boom Sound 416]

19. Yes.

Definitely derp indeed.

[Enthusiast]

20. This McCulloch asshole doesn't have the slightest sense of ethics.

It doesn't surprise me in the least. There really is nothing good about a racist.

[Cha]

23. No shite "conflict of interest".

[ksoze]

25. Looks like he is not. But what the hell, let's not let that get in the way

One post from a blog with a "...It is unclear who created the teespring, but if it is associated with Backstoppers", and this board is all the way there.

[Ruby the Liberal]

27. That trial should be moved somewhere sane

and everyone involved pulled from the case. Do they have any non-corrupt government officials within a 2 hour drive of St Louis?

Good grief.

[Ino]

29. Let's not forget who supports McCulloch.... Claire McCaskill

Now she is up to some shenanigans regarding a meeting about Ferguson, and not inviting William Clay, the district's Congressional representative, who thinks McCulloch should be removed from the case.

I am PROUD to say Clay is also MY rep, and I trust him implicitly. I can't say I feel the same way about McCaskill.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/clay-mccaskill-spar-over-invite-to-ferguson-meeting/article_27f585e7-10a8-5461-a5b6-8db9e69de663.html

After being notified of Clay's complaints to the the Web sites, McCaskill issued a statement Friday saying she and Nixon had agreed for the need for an update on Ferguson. McCaskill said the meeting idea came out of that conversation, and that Clay was invited.

But a Nixon spokesman said the meeting idea was McCaskill's, and that the governor told McCaskill that Clay should be invited. A Clay spokesman said Friday that Nixon's version was the correct one and that Clay had not been invited.

Clay told journalist Lauren Victoria Burke of Crewof42.com that "I find it very disrespectful, I find it a typical Claire move, and I don't understand what kind of game she is playing."

Later, he told Burke: "All I can do is speculate that she is going to convince the attendees at the meeting on Monday that her friend, Bob McCulloch, the St. Louis County prosecutor, needs to stay in the position and finish the case."

[Historic NY]

30. They need to get him removed ASAP...

people should demand a special prosecutor appouinted by the lame ass Gov. nixon.

[etherealtruth]

31. Has Gov. Nixon changed his (idiotic) position on not appointing a special prosecutor?

Not that I ever thought Michael Brown could get justice in Ferguson ... but, come on .... if this is true "they' aren't even pretending to seek justice/ truth