Fucking lying Prosecutor just said that all black witnesses testified that they saw Brown charge!

He said that all the witnesses that testified they saw Brown charge were black.

*credible* witnesses. The only witnesses that he deemed credible were the ones that corroborated Wilson's side of the story.

but you should at least be honest about what he said.

He said that the witnesses deemed as credible were the ones who's stories stayed consistent and that matched the physical evidence.

Not to mention the fact that he didn't get a vote in this - if he presented all of the evidence, it doesn't matter whether he found the witnesses credible or not; to indict or no indict was not his decision.

ill informed.

If he chose to sabotage the process he would have no problem doing so.

by definition negates your point.

so are you.

You earned it

And witnesses who changed their story after first testifying to events that were disproved by the forensic evidence are NOT credible, nor are witnesses who persist on telling of events that are disproved by the forensics.

This was a chaotic event and the end happened quite quickly. It is not surprising that eyewitness accounts would vary - many may not even have intended to lie. But the grand jury's job is to collect and sift the evidence, and a confused witness will have his/her story discounted.

The bottom line is that this cop wasn't indicted because there isn't probable cause.

I can't believe this guy was lying about the witness statements, because the Feds have everything, and they will not permit a distortion here. And the federal investigation is ongoing.

They seemed to believe those witnesses.

Anyone that corrects outright disinformation, as was posted in the OP, is a racist.

he was...

yes, he was. what a fng surprise.

there was never any intent to try to secure an indictment, it was a dog and pony show.

Apparently some of Brown's blood was found around 25 feet further from the Tahoe than his body. This has been interpreted as evidence Brown had turned around and headed back toward the cop.

with competing forensics experts and the opportunity to cross examine them. Right now, all we have is the police version, which places them in a conflict of interest between serving the public good and protecting one of their own. Without cross examination, the findings of the police lab are suspect.

However, I would not bring a murder charge against every policeman who shoots someone in the line of duty.

Beyond that, you would have to consider criteria for deciding which cases should result in a charge. I like to think that the racial makeup of the parties to the shooting would not be one of those criteria.

It sounds like a great deal of eyewitness testimony did not support an indictment once witnesses were provided with anonymity and protection. Shouldn't we be thinking witnesses are more reliable under those circumstances?

Also, a jury trial that results in an acquittal would still leave many people unsatisfied with the verdict. So for those individuals, trying Wilson and finding him not guilty would not be an improvement over this.

If the jury trial results in an aquittal, let the chips fall where they may. I'm not ready to claim that Wilson is a murderer. But as a retired California attorney of many years, I know how corrupt many prosecutors are. They are political animals with agendas beyond truth and justice.I find this McCullouch character very disturbing, especially because he went so far out of his way to present exculpatory evidence favorable to Wilson. That's simply not done. The prosecutor presents only his side of the case in seeking an indictment. Wilson should not have testified at all. After all, a grand jury proceeding is not a trial. As far as whether or not the eyewitness testimony supported an indictment, I'm not taking McCulloch's word for it by any means. The 4,000+ page transcript may shed more light. So far I don't know anything about the testifying witnesses, whether they were biased, had criminal records or other credibility issues, were in fact percipient, and why a prosecutor whose only job at the grand jury stage is to obtain an indictment would even call witnesses favorable to Wilson who he does not intend to cross examine. Witnesses not subject to cross examination and who have no fear of cross examination are not more reliable than those who have to state their observations in a court room in the light of day. Preliminary hearings before a judge to determine probable cause are much preferable to the Grand Jury process which has been met with a great deal of dismay among the legal community.

Aside from a judge or grand jury, what other procedures exist that could decline to advance the case for prosecution? If this was an open and shut, no-brainer justified shooting, what is the minimum procedure that must occur before the case can be closed?

including the examiner for the FBI.

What is interesting about a grand jury is that they get to ask their own questions; they don't have to rely on the prosecutor to think for them.

Curious

tonight. I'm putting all racists on IGNORE. Good-bye!!

This has been disgrace.

And it's getting tiring for politicans to not critize police but tell public to be calm.

fuck

enough to be labelled a racist? Because if you limit yourself like that, you will have troubles

Just one look at my family portrait and you would have a hard time calling me a racist. I don't get mad at people like this, I feel sorry for them.

You don't belong here, to call everyone a racist that does not follow your narrative of events for an incident you were not at is foolish. To call everyone a racist that does not agree with you deminishes the word racist.

Says a lot more about you then it does about them.

You'd think he'd have gotten some advice, or maybe he did and didn't take it.

Double jeopardy doesn't attach with a grand jury's failure to indict, but only when a regular trial jury is empaneled. Make Wilson worry some more with a new grand jury. It would drive him crazy.

Block the streets with tens of thousands of protesters for as many months as it takes for McCullough to resign. Then demand a special election to vote in an honest D.A. and then reempanel a new grand jury to get it right.

will screw us again.

You seem to be suggesting that the D.A. actually considered all incriminating evidence to obtain an indictment, which seems unlikely.

(and I am open minded enough to reconsider my opinion if something changes) shows that Brown reached into the car, it also shows that he ran away and then from blood spatter patterns that he was in the process of coming back. The gunpowder residue and blood in the car and on both brown and wilson inside the car shows that the altercation started at the car, in direct opposition to at least one eyewitness. Forensics data like that is hard to overcome. Granted there could be more, but if that is all there is, we will never get a conviction. Any forensics specialist worth his or her salt can run laps around eyewitness accounts if they have blood, DNA, and chemicals.

and not one witness or forensics expert has been subject to cross examination, there really is no value whatever to the information you describe as "initial analysis". You do realize that witnesses before the grand jury aren't subject to cross examination to test their specific findings and their credibility in general? What the D.A. spouted tonight as part of worthless litany of the things HE found (and he refused to describe what the grand jury itself found to make up its mind) is not evidence. It's his personal opinion. We don't know what the actual evidence says.

aligned with the medical examiner for Ferguson.

Get your facts and your shit together.

You should have learned that by now.

You get to make a 'mistake'...

Get corrected on it...

Double down at which point it becomes a lie...

Then call anyone who reminds you of it a racist...

Classy...

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McCulloch: All the witnesses who said Brown was advancing on Darren Wilson were black.
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Liberal_Stalwart

All of the evidence that was favorable to Wilson was heard by that Grand Jury. Anything that was contradictory to Wilson's testimony was ignored. Bottom line.

Racists who come to this thread will be put on FULL IGNORE. Fair warning!!

Just to let you know not every white person Is blind to truth here.

Wilson executed Michale brown.And Mccullogh put Brown on trial.

It's all sickening.

the live statement was read.

Stop making shit up. It does not help anyone.

This is not helpful.

You knowingly post misinformation....get caught at it and just want peeps to chill.

Got it.

I like your style.

after Officer Wilson again, since jeopardy doesn't attach to a grand jury failure to indict.

They will not be awarded any civil damages, but they will try. I don't blame them.

Wilson's version of events. So yes, ALL of them. Really, I'm not in the mood for this bullshit. Stop it!

... And that isn't what he said.

Maybe you should review it again...

witnesses, so of course, those were going to be the ones who's word were taken as truth.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/11/24/ferguson-assets/grand-jury-testimony.pdf

I'm only about halfway through though.

He also said that some who initially said Brown had his hand up later admitted they didn't witness the incident/shooting.

Not on the ground, back to him, hands raised surrendering - was all a lie.
Eric Holder knew all this. Why he left town so quickly and has not had a problem with the decision.

There is an ongoing investigation.

Here's the medical report:

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Again, Wilson is a lying motherfucker!

.....and was summarily dismissed.

Black folk have no rights that white police are bound to recognize....writ larger on Monday night.